NYSE:PRI - Primerica Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Primerica announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 20th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 19th. This is an increase from Primerica's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Primerica's Dividend History.

Primerica declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $275,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.13. The financial services provider had revenue of $487.33 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $486.75 million. Primerica had a net margin of 17.06% and a return on equity of 22.63%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.60 earnings per share. View Primerica's Earnings History.

Primerica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Primerica.

5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Primerica's stock. Their predictions range from $102.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Primerica's stock price to reach $115.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Primerica.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Primerica in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Primerica.

Media coverage about PRI stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to Primerica include HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), AEGON (AEG), Lincoln National (LNC), Torchmark (TMK), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Athene (ATH), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Scor (SCRYY), Voya Financial (VOYA), AMP (AMP), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), American National Insurance (ANAT), American Equity Investment Life (AEL) and Genworth Financial (GNW).

Primerica's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.40%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (9.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.42%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.20%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.82%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.61%). Company insiders that own Primerica stock include Alison S Rand, Barbara A Yastine, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, 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 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AGF Investments Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Brown Advisory Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Primerica company stock in the last year include Alison S Rand, Barbara A Yastine, Glenn J Williams, Gregory C Pitts, P George Benson, Peter W Schneider, Robert F Mccullough and William A Kelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Primerica.

PRI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mackenzie Financial Corp, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Rhumbline Advisers, Geode Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Chicago Equity Partners LLC and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.50.

Primerica has a market capitalization of $5.13 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 2,104 workers across the globe.

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]