Stocks were flat this morning following muted action during yesterday’s session. Investors seem to be weighing inflation fears against shrinking infection numbers and a strengthening economy. The S&P 500 remains less than 1% below its May record.
Earnings season continues to wind down, with just a handful of companies left to report. One notable takeaway has been the stellar performance within energy and financials, which are the top two performing sectors so far this year.
In today’s trade alert we’ll highlight a mid-cap company from the financial sector with plenty of room to run as strength continues to build in the cyclical sectors.
Old Republic International Corp. (ORI) is a holding company engaged in insurance underwriting and related services. Through subsidiaries, the company markets, underwrites, and provides risk management services for general, title, and other insurance coverages. On April 22, 2021, Old Republic published financial results for its Q1 2021, reporting that net income excluding investment gains increased by 46.5% year-over-year (YOY) to $206.3 million. This growth was driven primarily by the company’s General Insurance and Title Insurance businesses.
The stock also has an impressive record of positive earnings surprises, as it hasn’t missed an earnings consensus estimate in any of the last four quarters. Most recently, Old Republic reported EPS of $0.69 versus consensus estimate of $0.45.
For the current fiscal year, Old Republic is expected to post earnings of $2.05 per share on $7.1 billion in revenues. This represents a -8.48% change in EPS on a -0.31% change in revenues. For the next fiscal year, the company is expected to earn $2.15 per share on $6.96 billion in revenues which would be a year-over-year change of 14.63% and -1.93%, respectively.
The stock currently trades at just 4.75 times earnings and sports a 3.32% dividend yield.
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