NYSE:Y - Alleghany Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Alleghany trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "Y."

Alleghany announced a special dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $10.00 per share on Thursday, March 15th. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 2nd. View Alleghany's Dividend History.

Alleghany Co. (NYSE:Y) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 2nd. The insurance provider reported $9.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $8.41 by $1.37. The insurance provider earned $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.48 billion. Alleghany had a return on equity of 3.51% and a net margin of 4.48%. Alleghany's quarterly revenue was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $6.37 EPS. View Alleghany's Earnings History.

Alleghany is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alleghany.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Alleghany's shares. Their forecasts range from $650.00 to $650.00. On average, they expect Alleghany's share price to reach $650.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alleghany.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alleghany in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alleghany.

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Media coverage about Y stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alleghany earned a news impact score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the insurance provider an impact score of 41.07 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Alleghany.

Alleghany's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.03%), Boston Partners (5.33%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.37%), Findlay Park Partners LLP (3.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.68%) and Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.43%). Company insiders that own Alleghany stock include Jefferson Kirby, Phillip M Martineau and William K Lavin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alleghany.

Y stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Legal & General Group Plc, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC , Employees Retirement System of Texas and FDx Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alleghany.

Y stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Findlay Park Partners LLP, BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Boston Partners, Citadel Advisors LLC, Sei Investments Co., Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alleghany.

Shares of Y 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 Y stock can currently be purchased for approximately $640.39.

Alleghany has a market capitalization of $9.52 billion and generates $6.42 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $90.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.04 on an earnings per share basis. Alleghany employs 4,402 workers across the globe.

Alleghany's mailing address is 1411 BROADWAY 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10018. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 212-752-1356.