Employers (EIG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Employers in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EIG shares.
View EIG analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

2 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Employers' stock. Their EIG share price targets range from $55.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $55.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for EIG or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Employers' stock was trading at $39.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EIG stock has increased by 13.6% and is now trading at $44.76.
View the best growth stocks for 2024 here.

Employers saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 365,300 shares, a decline of 5.4% from the March 15th total of 386,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 138,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
View Employers' Short Interest.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
View our EIG earnings forecast.

Employers will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EIG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.40. The financial services provider had revenue of $225.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $215.38 million. Employers had a net margin of 13.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.54%. The firm's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.25 EPS.

Employers announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 27th.
Read our dividend analysis for EIG.

Employers (NYSE:EIG) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 25.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EIG will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for EIG.

ETFs with the largest weight of Employers (NYSE:EIG) stock in their portfolio include ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS), Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) and Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC).First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX).

92 employees have rated Employers Chief Executive Officer Douglas D. Dirks on Glassdoor.com. Douglas D. Dirks has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Douglas D. Dirks in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Employers investors own include Pfizer (PFE), SFL (SFL), AbbVie (ABBV), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Comcast (CMCSA) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).

Employers' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.83%), Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC (0.31%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.26%) and Wesbanco Bank Inc. (0.10%). Insiders that own company stock include Katherine H Antonello and Michael J Mcsally.
View institutional ownership trends.

Shares of EIG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.