How to buy White Mountains Insurance Group stock

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd is an insurance-property & casualty business based in the US. White Mountains Insurance Group shares (WTM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in White Mountains Insurance Group

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for White Mountains Insurance Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WTM. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until White Mountains Insurance Group reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of White Mountains Insurance Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of White Mountains Insurance Group. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

White Mountains Insurance Group share price

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White Mountains Insurance Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$629.21 - USD$1267.52
50-day moving average	USD$1076.7682
200-day moving average	USD$951.4926
Wall St. target price	USD$360
PE ratio	5.3103
Dividend yield	USD$1 (0.08%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$226.97

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White Mountains Insurance Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	56.87%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	9.52%
Return on equity TTM	19.12%
Profit margin	60.02%
Book value	$1276.932
Market capitalisation	USD$3.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting White Mountains Insurance Group shares

There are currently 21,594 White Mountains Insurance Group shares held short by investors – that's known as White Mountains Insurance Group's "short interest". This figure is 7.9% up from 20,009 last month.

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

White Mountains Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

White Mountains Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of White Mountains Insurance Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of White Mountains Insurance Group shares traded daily (recently around 17556.097560976). White Mountains Insurance Group's SIR currently stands at 1.23. In other words for every 100,000 White Mountains Insurance Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1230 shares are currently held short.

However White Mountains Insurance Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of White Mountains Insurance Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable White Mountains Insurance Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case White Mountains Insurance Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 White Mountains Insurance Group shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.008% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable White Mountains Insurance Group shares, roughly 8 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 White Mountains Insurance Group.

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

White Mountains Insurance Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, White Mountains Insurance Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $629.21 up to $1267.52. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while White Mountains Insurance Group's is 0.5. This would suggest that White Mountains Insurance Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

White Mountains Insurance Group overview

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance services in the United States. The company operates through four segments: HG Global/BAM, NSM, MediaAlpha, Kudu, and Other Operations. The HG Global/BAM segment provides insurance on municipal bonds issued to finance public purposes, such as schools, utilities, and transportation facilities, as well as reinsurance protection services. The NSM segment operates as a general underwriting agency and program administrator for specialty property and casualty insurance to sectors, such as specialty transportation, social services, and real estate. The MediaAlpha segment operates MediaAlpha, a marketing technology that enables programmatic buying and selling of vertical specific, performance-based media between advertisers, and publishers through cost-per-click, cost-per-call, and cost-per-lead pricing models. The Kudu segment provides capital solutions to asset managers and registered investment advisors for general ownership transfers, management buyouts, acquisitions, growth finances, and legacy partner liquidity. The Other Operations segment offers insurance solutions to travel industry through broker channel; and manages separate accounts and pooled investment vehicles for insurance-linked securities sectors, including catastrophe bonds, collateralized reinsurance investments, and industry loss warranties of third-party clients. White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 2.615% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by insiders and 89.089% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for White Mountains Insurance Group?

  White Mountains Insurance Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is White Mountains Insurance Group based?

  White Mountains Insurance Group's address is: A.S. Cooper Building, Hamilton, Bermuda, HM 11

• What is White Mountains Insurance Group's ISIN number?

  White Mountains Insurance Group's international securities identification number is: BMG9618E1075

• What is White Mountains Insurance Group's CUSIP number?

  White Mountains Insurance Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 360768105