NYSE:PRIPrimerica Stock Price, Forecast & News

Primerica's stock was trading at $96.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PRI stock has increased by 11.7% and is now trading at $108.33. 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, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.05 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 23.10% and a net margin of 17.27%. Primerica's revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share. View Primerica's earnings history.

Primerica declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Investors 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 dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View Primerica's dividend history.

Primerica announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program 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 purchase up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

3 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Primerica's shares. Their forecasts range from $123.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Primerica's share price to reach $129.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Primerica.

Media headlines about PRI stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Primerica earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutPrimerica.

Primerica saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 725,800 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the April 30th total of 624,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 320,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Primerica's Current Options Chain.

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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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.09%), State Street Corp (2.74%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.40%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.40%). 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 AGF Investments Inc., Invesco Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deutsche Bank AG, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Quantum Capital Management LLC NJ, Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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 $108.33.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.35 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]