Reinsurance Group of America Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:RGA)

Reinsurance Group of America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RGA."

Reinsurance Group of America declared a special dividend on Monday, July 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, August 29th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 7th. View Reinsurance Group of America's Dividend History.

Reinsurance Group of America announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, January 28th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Reinsurance Group of America Inc (NYSE:RGA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 29th. The insurance provider reported $3.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.37 by $0.06. The insurance provider had revenue of $3.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.44 billion. Reinsurance Group of America had a return on equity of 9.19% and a net margin of 5.85%. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.10 earnings per share. View Reinsurance Group of America's Earnings History.

Reinsurance Group of America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Reinsurance Group of America.

Reinsurance Group of America will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Reinsurance Group of America's stock. Their forecasts range from $144.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect Reinsurance Group of America's stock price to reach $162.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Reinsurance Group of America.

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

Media stories about RGA stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Reinsurance Group of America earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Reinsurance Group of America.

Reinsurance Group of America saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,050,000 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the August 30th total of 1,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 307,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Reinsurance Group of America's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Reinsurance Group of America include Prudential Financial (PRU), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), Sun Life Financial (SLF), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lincoln National (LNC), AEGON (AEG), Globe Life (GL), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Scor (SCRYY), Voya Financial (VOYA), Athene (ATH), Primerica (PRI) and AMP (AMP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Reinsurance Group of America investors own include Third Point Reinsurance (TPRE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Target (TGT), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), AFLAC (AFL), A. O. Smith (AOS), General Electric (GE), Lowe's Companies (LOW) and Medtronic (MDT).

Reinsurance Group of America's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.14%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.12%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.11%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.04%), Decatur Capital Management Inc. (0.04%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Reinsurance Group of America stock include Alain Neemeh, Alan C Henderson, Anna Manning, Arnoud WA Boot, Christine Rose Detrick, J Cliff Eason, John J Gauthier, John P Laughlin Jr, John W Hayden, Timothy T Matson, Todd C Larson and William L Hutton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Reinsurance Group of America.

RGA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Decatur Capital Management Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Anderson Hoagland & Co. and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Reinsurance Group of America company stock in the last year include Alain Neemeh, Alan C Henderson, Anna Manning, Arnoud WA Boot, John P Laughlin Jr, John W Hayden, Todd C Larson and William L Hutton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Reinsurance Group of America.

RGA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Skyline Asset Management LP and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have bought Reinsurance Group of America stock in the last two years include John J Gauthier and Timothy T Matson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Reinsurance Group of America.

Shares of RGA 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 RGA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $154.89.

Reinsurance Group of America has a market capitalization of $9.72 billion and generates $12.88 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $715.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.12 on an earnings per share basis. Reinsurance Group of America employs 2,767 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Reinsurance Group of America.

The official website for Reinsurance Group of America is http://www.rgare.com/.

Reinsurance Group of America's mailing address is 16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD, CHESTERFIELD MO, 63017. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 636-736-7000 or via email at [email protected]