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 given 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 initiated a share buyback program on Monday, January 28th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Reinsurance Group of America Inc (NYSE:RGA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 29th. The insurance provider reported $3.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.37 by $0.06. The insurance provider earned $3.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.10 EPS. 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% 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 coverage about RGA stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Reinsurance Group of America earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Reinsurance Group of America.

Reinsurance Group of America saw a decrease in short interest during 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 short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Reinsurance Group of America's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Reinsurance Group of America include Manulife Financial (MFC), 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), Athene (ATH), Scor (SCRYY), Voya Financial (VOYA) and Primerica (PRI).

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 investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.42%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.14%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.12%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.12%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.11%) and Denali Advisors LLC (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., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Pacer Advisors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Park Avenue Securities LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, PhiloSmith Capital Corp and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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 $156.73.

Reinsurance Group of America has a market capitalization of $9.84 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]