With 4.45 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.21 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Diversified company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $75.36 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $73.4. The 52-week range on AIG shows that it touched its highest point at $80.83 and its lowest point at $67.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $84.12. With its current market cap of 45.95 billion, AIG has annualized dividend of $1.56 while the current yield stands at 2.12%. AIG paid its most recent dividend on 1734307200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1734307200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.07.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AIG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.16%, but this was up by 1.53% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -3.91% while six-month performance fell -7.03%. The stock gained 4.66% in the past year, while it has gained 1.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AIG yields 3.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.59. For the next quarter, that number is 1.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of -25.65% for this year and 30.64% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 630.29 million AIG shares are outstanding with a float of 621.78 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 8.9 million, which was 143.0 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. Peter Salvatore Zaffino as the firm’s Chairman, CEO & President, Mr. Claude E. Wade serves as its Executive VP, Chief Digital Officer and Global Head of Business Operations & Claims.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.94528997 of AIG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
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Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AIG since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AIG analysts setting a high price target of 96.0 and a low target of 75.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 83.29. Based on these targets, AIG could surge 30.33% to reach the target high and rise by 1.82% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 13.07% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.12045 being high and $4.90366 being low. For AIG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.04819. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.68 and the low estimate is $1.2. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.54.
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