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 Wednesday, November 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $275,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.14 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $520.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $518.78 million. Primerica had a net margin of 17.90% and a return on equity of 22.88%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.93 EPS. View Primerica's Earnings History.

Primerica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Primerica.

Primerica will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Primerica's stock. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $148.00. On average, they expect Primerica's stock price to reach $128.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Primerica.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Primerica in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Primerica.

News coverage about PRI stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Primerica.

Primerica saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 618,200 shares, a decrease of 15.0% from the December 31st total of 726,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 146,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Primerica's Current Options Chain.

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Primerica's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.17%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.17%), Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.10%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.05%). 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 PhiloSmith Capital Corp, AMI Asset Management Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Dupont Capital Management Corp and World Asset Management Inc. 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Strs Ohio, Toth Financial Advisory Corp, First Hawaiian Bank, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $120.64.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $324.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.33 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]