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. Since then, PRI shares have increased by 17.2% and is now trading at $113.62. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $524.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $519.77 million. Primerica had a net margin of 17.27% and a return on equity of 23.10%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.74 EPS. View Primerica's earnings history.

Primerica declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Shareholders 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 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 21st. View Primerica's dividend history.

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

3 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Primerica's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $159.00. On average, they anticipate Primerica's share price to reach $147.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Primerica.

Press coverage about PRI stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Primerica earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Primerica.

Primerica saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 697,900 shares, a decline of 9.9% from the May 31st total of 774,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 301,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Primerica investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), General Electric (GE), Laredo Petroleum (LPI), NVIDIA (NVDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Tesla (TSLA) and IBM (IBM).

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

Primerica's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $113.62.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.56 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]