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 Tuesday, February 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. This is a positive change from Primerica's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 11th 2020, which permits the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The financial services provider reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.11. The financial services provider earned $530.94 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $526.19 million. Primerica had a return on equity of 22.52% and a net margin of 17.85%. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.01 earnings per share. View Primerica's Earnings History.

Primerica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Primerica.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Primerica's stock. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $148.00. On average, they anticipate Primerica's stock price to reach $128.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Primerica.

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

Media coverage about PRI stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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. Primerica earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Primerica.

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

Some companies that are related to Primerica include Metlife (MET), AFLAC (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Unum Group (UNM), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).

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Primerica's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (10.25%), FMR LLC (6.03%), Bamco Inc. NY (5.74%), State Street Corp (2.67%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.17%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.71%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Bamco Inc. NY, State Street Corp, Barclays PLC, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. 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 FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse AG and WCM Investment Management LLC. 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 $132.33.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $5.47 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 1,899 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]