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 yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. This is an increase from Primerica's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 11th 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The financial services provider reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.11. The financial services provider earned $530.94 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $526.19 million. Primerica had a return on equity of 22.52% and a net margin of 17.85%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Primerica's stock. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $148.00. On average, they expect Primerica's share price to reach $128.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price. 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 headlines about PRI stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Primerica.

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Primerica's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $114.78.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.75 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]