NYSE:STCStewart Information Services Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Stewart Information Services Corp Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $42.24 -0.16 (-0.38 %) (As of 08/5/2020 10:15 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$42.22Now: $42.24▼$42.7250-Day Range$31.20MA: $34.57▼$42.3852-Week Range$20.26Now: $42.24▼$44.14Volume760 shsAverage Volume230,400 shsMarket Capitalization$1.00 billionP/E Ratio9.51Dividend Yield2.85%Beta1.08 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Stewart Information Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance and real estate transaction services. The company operates in two segments, Title Insurance and Related Services, and Ancillary Services and Corporate. The Title Insurance and Related Services segment is involved in searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. This segment also offers home and personal insurance services; and services for tax-deferred exchanges. The Ancillary Services and Corporate segment primarily provides search and valuation services to the mortgage industry. The company offers its products and services through its directly owned policy-issuing offices, network of independent agencies, and other businesses. It serves homebuyers and sellers, residential and commercial real estate professionals, mortgage lenders and servicers, title agencies and real estate attorneys, home builders, and mortgage brokers and investors. The company operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Central Europe, and internationally. Stewart Information Services Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingStewart Information Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $39.50, Stewart Information Services has a potential downside of 6.8% from its current price of $42.40.Amount of Analyst CoverageStewart Information Services has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesStewart Information Services has received 164 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesStewart Information Services has received 291 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentStewart Information Services has received 63.96% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Stewart Information Services and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe STC will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe STC will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldStewart Information Services pays a meaningful dividend of 2.85%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthStewart Information Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Stewart Information Services is 43.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Stewart Information Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.40% next year. This indicates that Stewart Information Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Stewart Information Services insiders have sold 981.38% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $288,254.00 in company stock and sold $3,117,135.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.36% of the stock of Stewart Information Services is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions91.91% 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. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Stewart Information Services are expected to grow by 7.20% in the coming year, from $2.64 to $2.83 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Stewart Information Services is 9.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 18.79.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Stewart Information Services is 9.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 14.53.Price to Book Value per Share RatioStewart Information Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.28. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.3Community Rank: 1.8Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.69 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Title insurance Sub-IndustryProperty & Casualty Insurance SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:STC Previous Symbol CUSIP86037210 CIK94344 Webwww.stewart.com Phone713-625-8100Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.27 Current Ratio3.67 Quick Ratio4.45Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio9.51 Forward P/E Ratio16.00 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.94 billion Price / Sales0.52 Cash Flow$3.93 per share Price / Cash Flow10.75 Book Value$33.25 per share Price / Book1.27Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.75 Net Income$78.61 million Net Margins5.20% Return on Equity12.73% Return on Assets6.18%Miscellaneous Employees5,300 Outstanding Shares23,680,000Market Cap$1.00 billion Next Earnings Date10/27/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $42.24 -0.16 (-0.38 %) (As of 08/5/2020 10:15 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive STC News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for STC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) Frequently Asked Questions How has Stewart Information Services' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Stewart Information Services' stock was trading at $32.71 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, STC stock has increased by 29.9% and is now trading at $42.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Stewart Information Services? 2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stewart Information Services in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Stewart Information Services. When is Stewart Information Services' next earnings date? Stewart Information Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Stewart Information Services. How were Stewart Information Services' earnings last quarter? Stewart Information Services Corp (NYSE:STC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $1.08. The insurance provider had revenue of $516.11 million for the quarter. Stewart Information Services had a net margin of 5.20% and a return on equity of 12.73%. View Stewart Information Services' earnings history. How often does Stewart Information Services pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Stewart Information Services? Stewart Information Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 29th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Stewart Information Services' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for STC? 2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Stewart Information Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Stewart Information Services' stock price to reach $39.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.0%. View analysts' price targets for Stewart Information Services. Has Stewart Information Services been receiving favorable news coverage? Media coverage about STC stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Stewart Information Services earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Stewart Information Services. Are investors shorting Stewart Information Services? Stewart Information Services saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 577,900 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the June 30th total of 525,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 175,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Stewart Information Services' Current Options Chain. Who are some of Stewart Information Services' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Stewart Information Services include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Stewart Information Services own? 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). Who are Stewart Information Services' key executives? Stewart Information Services' management team includes the following people: Mr. Matthew W. Morris, CEO & Director (Age 47)Mr. John L. Killea, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & Pres (Age 63)Mr. David C. Hisey, Sec., Treasurer & CFO (Age 59)Mr. Joseph Allen Berryman CPA, Advisor (Age 61)Mr. Brian K. Glaze, Principal Accounting Officer, Sr. VP & Controller (Age 50) What is Stewart Information Services' stock symbol? Stewart Information Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "STC." Who are Stewart Information Services' major shareholders? Stewart Information Services' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.62%), WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.46%), Mackay Shields LLC (0.37%), UBS Group AG (0.35%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.16%) and Buckley Wealth Management LLC (0.14%). 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. Which institutional investors are selling Stewart Information Services stock? STC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, 6 Meridian, Texas Permanent School Fund, and Hancock Whitney Corp. 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. Which institutional investors are buying Stewart Information Services stock? STC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Mackay Shields LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Comerica Bank, and Buckley Wealth Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Stewart Information Services. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Stewart Information Services' stock price today? One share of STC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.49. How big of a company is Stewart Information Services? Stewart Information Services has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion 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. What is Stewart Information Services' official website? The official website for Stewart Information Services is www.stewart.com. How can I contact Stewart Information Services? Stewart Information Services' mailing address is 1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX, 77056. 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