Stewart Information Services (STC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stewart Information Services Corporation is a title insurance and real estate services company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Through its Stewart Title operations, the company provides title insurance, escrow and closing services, and related services that help protect property buyers, lenders and other participants in real estate transactions from title defects and ownership-related risks.

The company also offers valuation and appraisal services, mortgage services, and technology-enabled solutions for the real estate and mortgage industries. Its products and services support residential and commercial property transactions, including title searches, title examination, settlement services and transaction management.

Founded in 1893, Stewart serves customers through a network of offices, agencies and other distribution partners in the United States and selected international markets. The company works with homebuyers, real estate professionals, lenders, developers, attorneys and investors. Stewart Information Services is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol STC.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $62.30 to $63.64
• 50-Day Range: $63.00 to $72.16
• 52-Week Range: $57.10 to $78.61
• Volume: 247,481 shs
• Average Volume: 230,650 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.82
• Dividend Yield: 3.49%
• Price Target: $81.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Stewart Information Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stewart Information Services scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 123rd out of 835 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Stewart Information Services has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Stewart Information Services has a consensus price target of $81.50, representing about 29.4% upside from its current price of $63.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stewart Information Services has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stewart Information Services are expected to grow by 18.82% in the coming year, from $5.26 to $6.25 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stewart Information Services is 13.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stewart Information Services is 13.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.32.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stewart Information Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.85% of the float of Stewart Information Services has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stewart Information Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stewart Information Services has recently increased by 3.97%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Stewart Information Services pays a meaningful dividend of 3.50%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stewart Information Services has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stewart Information Services is 48.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stewart Information Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.20% next year. This indicates that Stewart Information Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.26

News Sentiment

Stewart Information Services has a news sentiment score of -0.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Stewart Information Services this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Stewart Information Services to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stewart Information Services insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $103,740.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.94% of the stock of Stewart Information Services is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.90% of the stock of Stewart Information Services is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:STC
• CIK: 94344
• Web: www.stewart.com
• Phone: (713) 625-8100
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 7,800
• Year Founded: 1893

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stewart Information Services: $81.50
• High Price Target: $88.00
• Low Price Target: $71.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.82
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.98
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $115.54 million
• Net Margins: 4.12%
• Pretax Margin: 5.86%
• Return on Equity: 10.02%
• Return on Assets: 5.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 1.98
• Quick Ratio: 1.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $6.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.54
• Book Value: $54.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 30,520,000
• Free Float: 29,625,000
• Market Cap: $1.92 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.97