NYSE:THG - Hanover Insurance Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Hanover Insurance Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "THG."

Hanover Insurance Group declared a special dividend on Wednesday, January 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $4.75 per share on Friday, January 25th. This represents a yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 9th. View Hanover Insurance Group's Dividend History.

Hanover Insurance Group Inc (NYSE:THG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.04. The insurance provider earned $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.04 billion. Hanover Insurance Group had a net margin of 7.88% and a return on equity of 11.14%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.20 EPS. View Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings History.

Hanover Insurance Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hanover Insurance Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hanover Insurance Group's shares. Their predictions range from $133.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Hanover Insurance Group's share price to reach $136.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hanover Insurance Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hanover Insurance Group in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hanover Insurance Group.

Press coverage about THG stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hanover Insurance Group earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Hanover Insurance Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,069,245 shares, an increase of 283.4% from the December 31st total of 539,753 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 298,394 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Currently, 4.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Hanover Insurance Group's Current Options Chain.

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Hanover Insurance Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.35%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.99%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.85%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.66%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%). Company insiders that own Hanover Insurance Group stock include Ann Kirkpatrick Tripp, Christine Bilotti-Peterson, J Kendall Huber, Jeffrey M Farber, John C Roche, Mark Joseph Welzenbach, Mark Leo Berthiaume, Mark Lowell Keim, Richard W Lavey and Warren E Barnes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hanover Insurance Group.

THG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, LSV Asset Management, Boston Partners, Hsbc Holdings PLC, First Quadrant L P CA, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Citigroup Inc. and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hanover Insurance Group company stock in the last year include Ann Kirkpatrick Tripp, J Kendall Huber, Mark Joseph Welzenbach, Mark Leo Berthiaume and Warren E Barnes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hanover Insurance Group.

THG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Comerica Bank, Rhumbline Advisers, Barclays PLC and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hanover Insurance Group.

Shares of THG 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of THG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.63.

Hanover Insurance Group has a market capitalization of $4.98 billion and generates $4.49 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $391 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.79 on an earnings per share basis. Hanover Insurance Group employs 4,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hanover Insurance Group is http://www.hanover.com.

Hanover Insurance Group's mailing address is 440 LINCOLN ST, WORCESTER MA, 01653. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 508-855-1000 or via email at [email protected]