NYSE:PRI - Primerica Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Primerica announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $275,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.14 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $520.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $518.78 million. Primerica had a return on equity of 22.88% and a net margin of 17.90%. Primerica's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.93 earnings per share. View Primerica's Earnings History.

Primerica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Primerica.

Primerica will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Primerica's shares. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $148.00. On average, they expect Primerica's stock price to reach $128.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Primerica.

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

News coverage about PRI stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Primerica earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Primerica.

Primerica saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 618,200 shares, a drop of 15.0% from the December 31st total of 726,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 146,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Primerica's Current Options Chain.

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Primerica's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.20%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.17%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.17%), Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.10%) and SG Americas Securities LLC (0.08%). 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, Robert F Mccullough 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 PhiloSmith Capital Corp, AMI Asset Management Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Dupont Capital Management Corp and Retirement Systems of Alabama. Company insiders that have sold Primerica company stock in the last year include Alison S Rand, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, John A Jr Addison, Peter W Schneider and William A Kelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Primerica.

PRI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Strs Ohio, Toth Financial Advisory Corp, First Hawaiian Bank, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $120.64.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $324.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.33 on an earnings per share basis. Primerica employs 1,899 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Primerica.

The official website for Primerica is http://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]