NYSE:PRI - Primerica Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Primerica declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 19th. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $275,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 5.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.14 by $0.12. The financial services provider had revenue of $520.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $518.78 million. Primerica had a return on equity of 22.88% and a net margin of 17.90%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Primerica's shares. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $148.00. On average, they anticipate Primerica's stock price to reach $128.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% 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 headlines about PRI stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Primerica earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Primerica.

Primerica saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 618,200 shares, a decrease of 15.0% from the December 15th total of 726,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 148,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Primerica's Current Options Chain.

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Primerica's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.17%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. (0.01%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.01%). 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, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, First Hawaiian Bank 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 $125.65.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $5.20 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]