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Cincinnati Financial Corp (NASDAQ: CINF) closed the day trading at $145.70 up 0.30% from the previous closing price of $145.27. In other words, the price has increased by $0.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.5 million shares were traded. CINF stock price reached its highest trading level at $147.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $145.34.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CINF, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.06 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Citigroup on June 28, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $135 from $126 previously.
On March 25, 2024, BMO Capital Markets Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform and also upped its target price recommendation from $125 to $135.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 21 ’25 when Benacci Nancy Cunningham bought 1,000 shares for $136.16 per share. The transaction valued at 136,160 led to the insider holds 6,653 shares of the business.
Debbink Dirk J bought 1,000 shares of CINF for $157,188 on Dec 03 ’24. The Director now owns 54,500 shares after completing the transaction at $157.19 per share. On Jul 31 ’24, another insider, Schiff Charles Odell, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 6,000 shares for $130.44 each. As a result, the insider received 782,623 and left with 184,555 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CINF now has a Market Capitalization of 22773491712 and an Enterprise Value of 22541436928. As of this moment, Cincinnati’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.89, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.73. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 8.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.08 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.66. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.055 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.425.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CINF is 0.79, which has changed by 0.26256502 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CINF has reached a high of $161.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $112.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.23%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CINF traded about 685.27K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CINF traded about 459580 shares per day. A total of 156.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 153.33M. Insiders hold about 1.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.09% stake in the company. Shares short for CINF as of 1748563200 were 1935739 with a Short Ratio of 2.82, compared to 1745971200 on 2266612. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1935739 and a Short% of Float of 1.4400001.
Dividends & Splits
CINF’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.30, up from 3.3 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022716321The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.5. The current Payout Ratio is 22.31% for CINF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-24 with an ex-dividend date of 1750636800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-04-04 when the company split stock in a 105:100 ratio.
