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 (WHO). Since then, PRI stock has increased by 40.0% and is now trading at $135.80.
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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."
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Primerica is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $2.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.36. The financial services provider had revenue of $525.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $509.39 million. Primerica had a return on equity of 23.12% and a net margin of 17.29%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.21 EPS.
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Primerica declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Friday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, September 14th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 20th.
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Primerica declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 11th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

3 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Primerica's stock. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $159.00. On average, they anticipate Primerica's share price to reach $152.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about PRI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Primerica saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 725,800 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the April 15th total of 624,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 320,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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 investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.30%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (10.99%), Bamco Inc. NY (5.89%), FMR LLC (4.71%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.66%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.63%). 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.
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PRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Hancock Whitney Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of America Corp DE, Prudential Financial 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, and Peter W Schneider.
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PRI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Quantum Capital Management LLC NJ, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., and New York State Common Retirement Fund.
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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 $135.80.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $5.37 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]