Primerica - PRI Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Primerica in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PRI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PRI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Primerica's shares. Their PRI share price forecasts range from $137.00 to $187.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $161.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price.
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Primerica's stock was trading at $153.27 at the start of the year. Since then, PRI shares have decreased by 8.7% and is now trading at $139.96.
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Primerica saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 366,100 shares, a drop of 19.8% from the October 31st total of 456,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 145,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 13th 2023.
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Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 8th. The financial services provider reported $3.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.94 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $673.29 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $675.99 million. Primerica had a net margin of 10.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.96%. Primerica's revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.98 earnings per share.

Primerica announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Wednesday, December 14th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 21st.
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Primerica (NYSE:PRI) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 31.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PRI will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Primerica announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, November 17th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $375,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

413 employees have rated Primerica Chief Executive Officer Glen Williams on Glassdoor.com. Glen Williams has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Glen Williams in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Primerica's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (10.95%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.74%), BlackRock Inc. (8.68%), Brave Warrior Advisors LLC (5.96%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (3.39%) and State Street Corp (2.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Alison S Rand, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, Joel M Babbit, John A Jr Addison, Peter W Schneider and Peter W Schneider.
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Shares of PRI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.96.

Primerica (NYSE:PRI) has a market capitalization of $5.16 billion and generates $2.71 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $373.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,621 workers across the globe.

Primerica's mailing address is 1 PRIMERICA PARKWAY, DULUTH GA, 30099. The official website for the company is www.primerica.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (770) 381-1000 or via email at investorrelations@primerica.com.