NYSE:MTG - MGIC Investment Stock Price, Forecast & News

MGIC Investment trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MTG."

MGIC Investment announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Monday, November 25th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View MGIC Investment's Dividend History.

MGIC Investment declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, March 20th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE:MTG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The insurance provider earned $318.38 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $299 million. MGIC Investment had a return on equity of 16.61% and a net margin of 55.08%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.48 EPS. View MGIC Investment's Earnings History.

MGIC Investment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for MGIC Investment.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for MGIC Investment's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.50 to $18.50. On average, they expect MGIC Investment's share price to reach $18.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for MGIC Investment.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MGIC Investment in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for MGIC Investment.

Media coverage about MTG stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MGIC Investment earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for MGIC Investment.

MGIC Investment saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,720,000 shares, a decrease of 11.4% from the October 31st total of 5,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View MGIC Investment's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MGIC Investment include People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), TFS Financial (TFSL), Radian Group (RDN), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) and OceanFirst Financial (OCFC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MGIC Investment investors own include Oclaro (OCLR), Amarin (AMRN), Radian Group (RDN), GWG (GWGH), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Micron Technology (MU) and Genworth Financial (GNW).

MGIC Investment's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Point72 Asset Management L.P. (2.30%), State Street Corp (2.00%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.66%), Man Group plc (1.54%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.22%) and Bayview Asset Management LLC (1.11%). Company insiders that own MGIC Investment stock include Daniel A Arrigoni, Julie K Sperber, Michael E Lehman and Patrick Sinks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MGIC Investment.

MTG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Select Equity Group L.P., Bayview Asset Management LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Origin Asset Management LLP. Company insiders that have sold MGIC Investment company stock in the last year include Julie K Sperber and Patrick Sinks. View Insider Buying and Selling for MGIC Investment.

MTG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., First Trust Advisors LP, Man Group plc, Voya Investment Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have bought MGIC Investment stock in the last two years include Daniel A Arrigoni and Michael E Lehman. View Insider Buying and Selling for MGIC Investment.

Shares of MTG 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 MTG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.36.

MGIC Investment has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion and generates $1.12 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $670.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.78 on an earnings per share basis. MGIC Investment employs 793 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MGIC Investment.

The official website for MGIC Investment is http://mtg.mgic.com/.

MGIC Investment's mailing address is 250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53202. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 414-347-6480 or via email at [email protected]