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

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

MGIC Investment announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Friday, September 20th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View MGIC Investment's Dividend History.

MGIC Investment declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, March 20th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE:MTG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The insurance provider reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.05. The insurance provider earned $292.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $295.03 million. MGIC Investment had a net margin of 56.84% and a return on equity of 17.55%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.49 EPS. View MGIC Investment's Earnings History.

MGIC Investment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MGIC Investment.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for MGIC Investment's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect MGIC Investment's stock price to reach $15.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for MGIC Investment.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MGIC Investment in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for MGIC Investment.

News headlines about MTG stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. MGIC Investment earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for MGIC Investment.

MGIC Investment saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,847,700 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the July 31st total of 6,357,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View MGIC Investment's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MGIC Investment include Old Republic International (ORI), Radian Group (RDN), Essent Group (ESNT), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), MBIA (MBI) and Syncora (SYCRF).

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), General Electric (GE), Ford Motor (F), Micron Technology (MU), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Bank of America (BAC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

MGIC Investment's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.82%), BlackRock Inc. (4.51%), BlackRock Inc. (4.51%), LSV Asset Management (3.64%), APG Asset Management N.V. (3.37%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.79%). Company insiders that own MGIC Investment stock include Daniel A Arrigoni and Michael E Lehman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MGIC Investment.

MTG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Bayview Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, LSV Asset Management, Vanguard Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. View Insider Buying and Selling for MGIC Investment.

MTG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Panagora Asset Management Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Paloma Partners Management Co. 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 $13.02.

MGIC Investment has a market capitalization of $4.61 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]