We're taking a closer look at Reinsurance today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -0.8% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated engages in reinsurance business.
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Reinsurance has moved 17.0% over the last year compared to 15.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 2.0%
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RGA has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.75% away from its mean target price of $176.5 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $16.91
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Reinsurance has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $19.24 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.2
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RGA has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.61, which shows the company is very undervalued compared to its earnings growth estimates.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.29 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Reinsurance is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 14.34 and an average P/B of 1.57
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Reinsurance has on average reported free cash flows of $2.06 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -29.3%