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 Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.325 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $1.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from Hartford Financial Services Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Hartford Financial Services Group's Dividend History.

Hartford Financial Services Group announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, February 4th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 5.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG) posted its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The insurance provider reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.11. The insurance provider had revenue of $5.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.23 billion. Hartford Financial Services Group had a return on equity of 13.60% and a net margin of 10.05%. The business's revenue was up 15.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.78 earnings per share. View Hartford Financial Services Group's Earnings History.

Hartford Financial Services Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hartford Financial Services Group.

11 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Hartford Financial Services Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Hartford Financial Services Group's share price to reach $66.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% 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 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hartford Financial Services Group.

News stories about HIG stock have trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hartford Financial Services Group earned a news impact score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hartford Financial Services Group.

Hartford Financial Services Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,640,000 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the January 15th total of 3,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.0% 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Bank of America (BAC), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

Hartford Financial Services Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.93%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.02%), FMR LLC (1.97%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.74%), LSV Asset Management (1.53%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.20%). 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 FMR LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Prana Capital Management LP, Franklin Resources Inc. and PGGM Investments. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Martingale Asset Management L P, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. and M&G Investment Management Ltd.. 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 $58.01.

Hartford Financial Services Group has a market capitalization of $20.91 billion and generates $20.74 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.09 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.65 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]