Understanding the Recent Fluctuations of Old Republic International Corp’s (ORI) Stock

In the past week, ORI stock has gone down by -1.58%, with a monthly decline of -1.12% and a quarterly surge of 7.94%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.46%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.75% for Old Republic International Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.39% for ORI stock, with a simple moving average of 13.28% for the last 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in Old Republic International Corp (NYSE: ORI) Right Now?

Old Republic International Corp (NYSE: ORI) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 10.29x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.88. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

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The public float for ORI is 233.32M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.17% of that float. On January 03, 2025, the average trading volume of ORI was 1.13M shares.

ORI) stock’s latest price update

Old Republic International Corp (NYSE: ORI)’s stock price has plunge by -0.44relation to previous closing price of 36.19. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -1.58% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2024-12-13 that CHICAGO, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) – today announced its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share. This special dividend is payable on January 15, 2025 to shareholders of record on January 3, 2025 and will return approximately $500 million to shareholders.

Analysts’ Opinion of ORI

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ORI stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for ORI by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for ORI in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $32 based on the research report published on February 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.

Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ORI reach a price target of $27. The rating they have provided for ORI stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on May 17th, 2023.

Raymond James gave a rating of “Outperform” to ORI, setting the target price at $28 in the report published on April 29th of the previous year.

ORI Trading at 2.27% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought ORI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.71% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 1.75%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.46%, as shares sank -6.25% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.19% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, ORI fell by -1.58%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +23.90% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $36.61. In addition, Old Republic International Corp saw -0.44% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ORI starting from MONROE CAROLYN, who sale 4,503 shares at the price of $31.28 back on Jun 03 ’24. After this action, MONROE CAROLYN now owns 33,556 shares of Old Republic International Corp, valued at $140,854 using the latest closing price.

DARE THOMAS, the SrVP Secretary General Counsel of Old Republic International Corp, sale 1,292 shares at $30.95 during a trade that took place back on May 06 ’24, which means that DARE THOMAS is holding 47,764 shares at $39,987 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for ORI

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.09 for the present operating margin
  • 0.99 for the gross margin

The net margin for Old Republic International Corp stands at 0.12. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 15.18, with 4.48 for asset returns.

Based on Old Republic International Corp (ORI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.24 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.58. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.31. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 9.72.

When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.32. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.04for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.28. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.63.

Conclusion

To sum up, Old Republic International Corp (ORI) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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