MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) finished Wednesday with an addition of $0.14 to close at $16.99, an upside of 0.83 percent. An average of 2,267,840 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.40 in the past week, and it reached a new high 22 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,933,840 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,067,288.
MTG stock has increased by 1.80% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $16.58 on 07/24/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 08/10/23, shares of the company touched a low of $12.13 and a high of $18.25 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 35 times so far this year and achieved 30.69% or $3.99 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -6.90% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
MTG stock investors should be aware that MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 178 days ago on Feb 27.
Valuation Metrics
MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.43. The stock’s beta is 1.29. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 4.14, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.00, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 7.45.
The company has a payout ratio of 15.00%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.1150 a share, representing a up of 15.0% from $0.10 last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.0150 reported on Thursday July 27 2023.
Financial Health
Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.14 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.14 for the quarter ending June 29.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, MGIC Investment Corporation had $642.46 million in total debt. The company posted a net income of $191.05 million in the quarter, while revenues of $154.55 million were shrunk -30.47%. The analyst consensus anticipated MGIC Investment Corporation’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.53 per share, but it turned out to be $0.68, a 28.30% surprise. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, MGIC Investment Corporation’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $663.55 million. Shareholders own equity worth $282.32 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 23 August was 39.78%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 13.74%.
As of today, MTG’s price is $17.06 -2.30% or -$0.40 from its 5-day moving average. MTG is currently trading +0.95% higher than its 20-day SMA and +27.94% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +8.35% above the SMA50 and +26.70% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 11.39% and 20.88%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.30. With the 14-day stochastic at 11.58% and the average true range at 0.30, the RSI (14) stands at 47.77%. The stock has reached -0.41 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.64.
Analyst Ratings
RBC Capital Mkts downgraded MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) to a a Sector perform rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as an Outperform. The consensus rating for MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell MTG, while 3 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 5 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is MTG’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $17.50 and $21.00, with a median target of $19.00. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) stock is $19.07.
