With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.35 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Property & Casualty company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $123.11 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $116.29. The 52-week range on PLMR shows that it touched its highest point at $175.85 and its lowest point at $85.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $172.67. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.36.
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 PLMR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.25%, but this was down by -14.93% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.64% while six-month performance rose 12.36%. The stock gained 16.38% in the past year, while it has gained 39.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PLMR yields 5.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.27. For the next quarter, that number is 1.57. This implies an EPS growth rate of 39.40% for this year and 16.59% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 22.79% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 55.93%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 26.78 million PLMR shares are outstanding with a float of 26.15 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 0.62 million, which was 231.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. D. McDonald Armstrong as the firm’s Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Mr. Jon Marcus Christianson serves as its President.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PLMR since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 PLMR analysts setting a high price target of 204.0 and a low target of 151.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 172.66667. Based on these targets, PLMR could surge 66.0% to reach the target high and rise by 22.87% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 40.51% 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 $4.9102 being high and $4.69064 being low. For PLMR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.80042. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $1.6. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.33 and the low estimate is $1.86. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.09.
