NYSE:PRIPrimerica Stock Price, Forecast & News

Primerica's stock was trading at $96.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PRI shares have increased by 13.3% and is now trading at $109.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Primerica in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Primerica.

Primerica is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Primerica.

Primerica will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $524.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $519.77 million. Primerica had a net margin of 17.27% and a return on equity of 23.10%. Primerica's revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.74 earnings per share. View Primerica's earnings history.

Primerica announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View Primerica's dividend history.

Primerica declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 11th 2020, which allows the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Primerica's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $159.00. On average, they expect Primerica's share price to reach $147.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Primerica.

News stories about PRI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Primerica earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Primerica.

Primerica saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 697,900 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the May 31st total of 774,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 301,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Primerica's Current Options Chain.

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Primerica trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PRI."

Primerica's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Primerica stock include Alison S Rand, Barbara A Yastine, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, John A Jr Addison, P George Benson, Peter W Schneider and William A Kelly. View institutional ownership trends for Primerica.

PRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Primerica company stock in the last year include Alison S Rand, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, and Peter W Schneider. View insider buying and selling activity for Primerica.

PRI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Primerica.

Shares of PRI 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 PRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.85.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.41 billion and generates $2.05 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $366.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.43 on an earnings per share basis. Primerica employs 1,947 workers across the globe.

The official website for Primerica is www.primerica.com.

Primerica's mailing address is 1 PRIMERICA PARKWAY, DULUTH GA, 30099. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 770-381-1000 or via email at [email protected]