Employers Stock Forecast, Price & News

Employers' stock was trading at $36.99 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EIG stock has decreased by 20.4% and is now trading at $29.43.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Employers in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Employers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EIG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.58. The financial services provider earned $211.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $164.18 million. Employers had a net margin of 11.30% and a return on equity of 7.12%.
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Employers declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.40%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 4th.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Employers' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Employers' stock price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 69.9% from the stock's current price.
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Employers saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, an increase of 28.7% from the July 30th total of 800,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 214,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Employers include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI) and Axis Capital (AXS).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Employers investors own include Ship Finance International (SFL), AbbVie (ABBV), Carnival (CCL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Walt Disney (DIS) and Southwest Airlines (LUV).

Employers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EIG."

Employers' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.03%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.75%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.43%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.02%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (0.98%) and TD Asset Management Inc. (0.89%). Company insiders that own Employers stock include Douglas D Dirks, John M Mutschink, Lawrence S Rogers, Lenard T Ormsby, Michael J Mcsally, Michael Scott Paquette, Richard W Blakey and Valerie R Glenn.
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EIG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Jennison Associates LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Employers company stock in the last year include Douglas D Dirks, and Lawrence S Rogers.
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EIG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Wasatch Advisors Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, WINTON GROUP Ltd, and Engineers Gate Manager LP. Company insiders that have bought Employers stock in the last two years include Douglas D Dirks, John M Mutschink, Michael J Mcsally, Michael Scott Paquette, and Richard W Blakey.
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Shares of EIG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of EIG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.43.

Employers has a market capitalization of $861.45 million and generates $784.80 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $157.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.20 on an earnings per share basis. Employers employs 704 workers across the globe.

The official website for Employers is www.employers.com.

Employers' mailing address is 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV, 89521. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 888-682-6671 or via email at [email protected]