NYSE:STCStewart Information Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Stewart Information Services' stock was trading at $32.71 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, STC shares have decreased by 1.1% and is now trading at $32.36. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stewart Information Services in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Stewart Information Services.

Stewart Information Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Stewart Information Services.

Stewart Information Services Corp (NYSE:STC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.34. The insurance provider earned $439.90 million during the quarter. Stewart Information Services had a net margin of 4.57% and a return on equity of 11.32%. View Stewart Information Services' earnings history.

Stewart Information Services declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Stewart Information Services' dividend history.

2 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Stewart Information Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Stewart Information Services' share price to reach $30.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.3%. View analysts' price targets for Stewart Information Services.

News stories about STC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Stewart Information Services earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 immediate future. View the latest news about Stewart Information Services.

Stewart Information Services saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 324,000 shares, a decline of 24.8% from the June 15th total of 430,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 164,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Stewart Information Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Stewart Information Services include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Markel (MKL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and RLI (RLI). View all competitors.

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), ALJ Regional (ALJJ), Transocean (RIG) and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE).

Stewart Information Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "STC."

Stewart Information Services' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.04%). Company insiders that own Stewart Information Services stock include Frederick H Eppinger, Glenn C Christenson, James M Chadwick, Matthew Morris and Steven Mark Lessack. View institutional ownership trends for Stewart Information Services.

STC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold Stewart Information Services company stock in the last year include Glenn C Christenson, James M Chadwick, and Matthew Morris. View insider buying and selling activity for Stewart Information Services.

Shares of STC 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 STC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.36.

Stewart Information Services has a market capitalization of $766.28 million and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $78.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.75 on an earnings per share basis. Stewart Information Services employs 5,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Stewart Information Services is www.stewart.com.

Stewart Information Services' mailing address is 1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 713-625-8100 or via email at [email protected]