NYSE:HIG - Hartford Financial Services Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hartford Financial Services Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HIG."

Hartford Financial Services Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Hartford Financial Services Group's Dividend History.

Hartford Financial Services Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, February 4th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG) announced its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The insurance provider reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.26. The insurance provider earned $5.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.22 billion. Hartford Financial Services Group had a return on equity of 12.69% and a net margin of 8.66%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.15 EPS. View Hartford Financial Services Group's Earnings History.

Hartford Financial Services Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hartford Financial Services Group.

Hartford Financial Services Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Hartford Financial Services Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Hartford Financial Services Group's share price to reach $65.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hartford Financial Services Group.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hartford Financial Services Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hartford Financial Services Group.

Press coverage about HIG stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hartford Financial Services Group earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Hartford Financial Services Group.

Hartford Financial Services Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,330,000 shares, a drop of 7.8% from the December 15th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,820,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Hartford Financial Services Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hartford Financial Services Group include American International Group (AIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW) and Horace Mann Educators (HMN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hartford Financial Services Group investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Home Depot (HD), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Pfizer (PFE).

Hartford Financial Services Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.23%), PGGM Investments (0.23%), Hexavest Inc. (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Hartford Financial Services Group stock include Beth Ann Bombara, Beth Ann Costello, Brion S Johnson, Christopher Swift, David C Robinson, Jonathan R Bennett, Julie Richardson, Martha Gervasi, Robert B Allardice III, Robert W Paiano, Scott R Lewis, Trevor Fetter and William A Bloom. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hartford Financial Services Group.

HIG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP, DNB Asset Management AS, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Hartford Financial Services Group company stock in the last year include Beth Ann Costello, Brion S Johnson, Christopher Swift, David C Robinson, Jonathan R Bennett, Martha Gervasi, Robert B Allardice III, Robert W Paiano and William A Bloom. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hartford Financial Services Group.

HIG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC, Clear Street Markets LLC, Allworth Financial LP and Manning & Napier Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Hartford Financial Services Group stock in the last two years include Christopher Swift, Julie Richardson and Trevor Fetter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hartford Financial Services Group.

Shares of HIG 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 HIG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.22.

Hartford Financial Services Group has a market capitalization of $22.06 billion and generates $18.96 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $1.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.33 on an earnings per share basis. Hartford Financial Services Group employs 18,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hartford Financial Services Group.

The official website for Hartford Financial Services Group is http://www.thehartford.com/.

Hartford Financial Services Group's mailing address is ONE HARTFORD PLAZA, HARTFORD CT, 06155. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 860-547-5000 or via email at [email protected]