William Blair Has Strong Estimate for Primerica Q1 Earnings

Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) – Equities researchers at William Blair raised their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Primerica in a report released on Thursday, August 7th. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $5.40 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $5.25. The consensus estimate for Primerica’s current full-year earnings is $20.60 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Primerica’s Q1 2027 earnings at $5.80 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $6.35 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $24.80 EPS.

Primerica (NYSE:PRI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 6th. The financial services provider reported $5.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.18 by $0.28. Primerica had a net margin of 21.48% and a return on equity of 32.42%. The company had revenue of $796.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $790.99 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.71 earnings per share. Primerica’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on PRI. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Primerica from $274.00 to $296.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of Primerica from $293.00 to $283.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Primerica from $315.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $313.57.

Primerica Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE:PRI opened at $257.96 on Monday. Primerica has a 52-week low of $230.98 and a 52-week high of $307.91. The company has a 50 day moving average of $265.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $271.65. The company has a market capitalization of $8.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.75 and a beta of 0.99.

Institutional Trading of Primerica

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Primerica by 1.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,493,650 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $994,048,000 after buying an additional 37,994 shares in the last quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. lifted its stake in Primerica by 1.7% during the first quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 1,310,019 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $372,740,000 after purchasing an additional 21,546 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Primerica by 2.7% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 611,437 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $173,963,000 after purchasing an additional 16,350 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Primerica during the first quarter worth $156,019,000. Finally, Fiduciary Management Inc. WI lifted its stake in Primerica by 2.8% during the first quarter. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI now owns 490,923 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $139,682,000 after purchasing an additional 13,402 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.88% of the company’s stock.

Primerica Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 22nd will be given a dividend of $1.04 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 22nd. This represents a $4.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Primerica’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.55%.

Primerica Company Profile

Primerica, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services to middle-income households in the United States and Canada. The company operates in four segments: Term Life Insurance; Investment and Savings Products; Senior Health; and Corporate and Other Distributed Products.