NYSE:EIG - Employers Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Employers announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, November 20th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 5th. View Employers' Dividend History.

Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EIG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $210.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $196.91 million. Employers had a net margin of 18.73% and a return on equity of 12.09%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 17.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.31 earnings per share. View Employers' Earnings History.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Employers' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Employers' stock price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Employers.

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." View Analyst Ratings for Employers.

Media stories about EIG stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Employers earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Employers.

Some companies that are related to Employers include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Employers investors own include Ship Finance International (SFL), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Appian (APPN), NV5 Global (NVEE), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Altria Group (MO), Baozun (BZUN), iRobot (IRBT) and Rexahn Pharmaceuticals (REXN).

Employers' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.14%), FMR LLC (2.77%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.43%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (1.21%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.20%). Company insiders that own Employers stock include John P Nelson, Lawrence S Rogers, Lenard T Ormsby, Stephen V Festa and Valerie R Glenn. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Employers.

EIG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., Pinebridge Investments L.P. and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold Employers company stock in the last year include Lawrence S Rogers and Valerie R Glenn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Employers.

EIG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC, State Street Corp, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Employers.

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 $44.82.

Employers has a market capitalization of $1.43 billion and generates $813.50 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $141.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.11 on an earnings per share basis. Employers employs 704 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Employers.

The official website for Employers is http://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]