How to buy Selective Insurance Group stock

Selective Insurance Group, Inc is an insurance-property & casualty business based in the US. Selective Insurance Group shares (SIGI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Selective Insurance Group employs 2,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Selective Insurance Group share price

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Selective Insurance Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-22.

52-week range	$41.42 - $77.84
50-day moving average	$74.65
200-day moving average	$65.94
Wall St. target price	$74.00
PE ratio	18.5501
Dividend yield	$0.94 (1.21%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$4.09

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Is it a good time to buy Selective Insurance Group stock?

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Is Selective Insurance Group under- or over-valued?

Valuing Selective Insurance Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Selective Insurance Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Selective Insurance Group's P/E ratio

Selective Insurance Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Selective Insurance Group shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Selective Insurance Group's PEG ratio

Selective Insurance Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.86. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Selective Insurance Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Selective Insurance Group's EBITDA

Selective Insurance Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $393.5 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Selective Insurance Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Selective Insurance Group financials

Revenue TTM	$2.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	11.43%
Gross profit TTM	$726.5 million
Return on assets TTM	2.26%
Return on equity TTM	9.99%
Profit margin	8.43%
Book value	$42.38
Market capitalisation	$4.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Selective Insurance Group shares

There are currently 708,948 Selective Insurance Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Selective Insurance Group's "short interest". This figure is 19.9% down from 884,695 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Selective Insurance Group shares can be evaluated.

Selective Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Selective Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Selective Insurance Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Selective Insurance Group shares traded daily (recently around 265523.59550562). Selective Insurance Group's SIR currently stands at 2.67. In other words for every 100,000 Selective Insurance Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2670 shares are currently held short.

However Selective Insurance Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Selective Insurance Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Selective Insurance Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Selective Insurance Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Selective Insurance Group shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0136% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Selective Insurance Group shares, roughly 14 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Selective Insurance Group.

Find out more about how you can short Selective Insurance Group stock.

Selective Insurance Group share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 23.19% of net profits

Recently Selective Insurance Group has paid out, on average, around 23.19% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.32% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Selective Insurance Group shareholders could enjoy a 1.32% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Selective Insurance Group's case, that would currently equate to about $0.94 per share.

While Selective Insurance Group's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Selective Insurance Group is investing more in its future growth.

Selective Insurance Group's most recent dividend payout was on 28 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Selective Insurance Group's shares ever split?

Selective Insurance Group's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 20 February 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Selective Insurance Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Selective Insurance Group shares which in turn could have impacted Selective Insurance Group's share price.

Selective Insurance Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Selective Insurance Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $41.423 up to $77.84. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Selective Insurance Group's is 0.8268. This would suggest that Selective Insurance Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Selective Insurance Group overview

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance products and services in the United States. It operates through four segments: Standard Commercial Lines, Standard Personal Lines, E&S Lines, and Investments. The company offers property insurance products, which covers the financial consequences of accidental loss of an insured's real and/or personal property, or earnings; and casualty insurance products that covers the financial consequences of employee injuries in the course of employment, and bodily injury and/or property damage to a third party as a result of an insured's negligent acts, omissions, or legal liabilities, as well as flood insurance products. It also invests in fixed income investments and commercial mortgage loans, equity securities, and alternative investment portfolio. The company provides its insurance products and services to businesses, non-profit organizations, local government agencies, and individuals through independent retail agents and wholesale general agents. Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Selective Insurance Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.347% of Selective Insurance Group shares are held by insiders and 81.705% by institutions.

• How many people work for Selective Insurance Group?

  Latest data suggests 2,400 work at Selective Insurance Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Selective Insurance Group?

  Selective Insurance Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Selective Insurance Group based?

  Selective Insurance Group's address is: 40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, NJ, United States, 07890-1000

• What is Selective Insurance Group's ISIN number?

  Selective Insurance Group's international securities identification number is: US8163001071

• What is Selective Insurance Group's CUSIP number?

  Selective Insurance Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 816300107