White Mountains Insurance Group 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. Its last market close was $1,988.34 – an increase of 3.62% over the previous week. White Mountains Insurance Group employs 782 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $1,988.34 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $1,400.22 - $1,932.82 |
| 50-day moving average | $1,795.17 |
| 200-day moving average | $1,765.78 |
| Wall St. target price | $360.00 |
| PE ratio | 7.5987 |
| Dividend yield | $1 (0.05%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $252.53 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $1971.3199 from 2024-11-21
| 1 week (2024-11-15) | 2.73% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-24) | 6.89% |
| 3 months (2024-08-23) | 10.58% |
| 6 months (2024-05-23) | 14.69% |
| 1 year (2023-11-22) | 29.28% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-23) | 41.65% |
| 3 years (2021-11-23) | 87.08% |
| 5 years (2019-11-22) | 82.90% |
Valuing White Mountains Insurance Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of White Mountains Insurance Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
White Mountains 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 8x. In other words, White Mountains Insurance Group shares trade at around 8x 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.
White Mountains Insurance Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 9.93. 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 White Mountains 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.
White Mountains Insurance Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $681.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a White Mountains Insurance Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $2.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 42.46% |
| Gross profit TTM | $370.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.92% |
| Return on equity TTM | 16.37% |
| Profit margin | 23.68% |
| Book value | $1,820.39 |
| Market Capitalization | $4.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 0.4% of net profits
Recently White Mountains Insurance Group has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), White Mountains Insurance Group shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In White Mountains Insurance Group's case, that would currently equate to about $1 per share.
While White Mountains Insurance Group's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that White Mountains Insurance Group is investing more in its future growth.
White Mountains Insurance Group's most recent dividend payout was on 19 March 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 March 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, White Mountains Insurance Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1400.2211 up to $1932.8199. 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 0.428. This would suggest that White Mountains Insurance Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. , through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and other financial services in the United States. The company operates through HG Global/BAM, Ark/WM Outrigger, Kudu, and Other Operations segments. 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 Ark/WM Outrigger segment offers reinsurance and insurance, including property, marine and energy, accident and health, casualty, and specialty products. The Kudu segment provides capital solutions to boutique asset and wealth managers for generational ownership transfers, management buyouts, acquisitions and growth finances, and legacy partner liquidity, as well as strategic assistance to investees. The Other Operations segment offers insurance solutions to travel industry through broker channel and on a direct-to-consumer basis; 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.
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