William Blair Has Positive Outlook of Assurant Q2 Earnings

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) – Research analysts at William Blair raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Assurant in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 12th. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt now expects that the financial services provider will earn $4.57 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $4.34. The consensus estimate for Assurant’s current full-year earnings is $15.82 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Assurant’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.27 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $5.50 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $4.94 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.69 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $19.30 EPS.

Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The financial services provider reported $4.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.83. Assurant had a return on equity of 17.42% and a net margin of 6.31%.

AIZ has been the subject of several other research reports. Morgan Stanley began coverage on Assurant in a report on Thursday, December 5th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $251.00 price target for the company. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Assurant from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Assurant from $194.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Assurant from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $231.17.

Assurant Trading Down 2.5 %

Shares of Assurant stock opened at $202.73 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $212.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $202.51. Assurant has a 12-month low of $160.12 and a 12-month high of $230.55. The company has a market capitalization of $10.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.46 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40.

Assurant Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. Assurant’s payout ratio is 22.82%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AIZ. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Assurant during the 2nd quarter worth $475,000. CWM LLC lifted its holdings in Assurant by 85.6% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,227 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $841,000 after purchasing an additional 1,950 shares in the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its holdings in Assurant by 9.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 2,377 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $473,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in Assurant by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 6,919 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,376,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Finally, V Square Quantitative Management LLC lifted its holdings in Assurant by 11.2% during the 3rd quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 2,008 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $399,000 after purchasing an additional 203 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.65% of the company’s stock.

Assurant Company Profile

Assurant, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides business services that supports, protects, and connects consumer purchases in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments: Global Lifestyle and Global Housing. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and credit and other insurance products; and vehicle protection, commercial equipment, and other related services.