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 -8.4% compared to -2.0% 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 provides reinsurance and financial solutions.
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Reinsurance has moved -6.7% over the last year compared to 18.6% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -25.3%
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RGA has an average analyst rating of buy and is -27.87% away from its mean target price of $244.44 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $11.51
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Reinsurance has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $22.96 and its forward P/E ratio is 7.7
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.07 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Reinsurance is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
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Reinsurance has on average reported free cash flows of $4.07 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 27.4%