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

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stewart Information Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" STC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in STC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Stewart Information Services' shares. Their STC share price targets range from $45.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $51.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
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Stewart Information Services' stock was trading at $42.73 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, STC shares have increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $47.93.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 14th 2024.
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Stewart Information Services Co. (NYSE:STC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 25th. The insurance provider reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.15. The insurance provider had revenue of $601.71 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $573.37 million. Stewart Information Services had a net margin of 1.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.84%. The business's revenue was down 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.37 earnings per share.

Stewart Information Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45.
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Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.02%. STC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 148.44%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, STC will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV), ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS) and Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF (SSLY).First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX).

21 employees have rated Stewart Information Services Chief Executive Officer Fred Eppinger on Glassdoor.com. Fred Eppinger has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts Fred Eppinger in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Stewart Information Services investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Transocean (RIG), ALJ Regional (ALJJ) and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE).

Stewart Information Services' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (6.07%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.99%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (3.45%), Northern Trust Corp (1.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.67%) and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.48%). Insiders that own company stock include C Allen Bradley Jr, Frederick H Eppinger, Matthew Morris and Steven Mark Lessack.
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