Hartford Financial Services
About: The Hartford Insurance Group Inc. provides property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds. The company is widely recognized for its service excellence, sustainability practices, trust, and integrity. The Company currently conducts business principally in five reportable segments including Business Insurance, Personal Insurance, Property & Casualty Other Operations, Employee Benefits, and Hartford Funds, as well as a Corporate category. The company generates a majority of its revenue from Business Insurance.
Employees: 19,100
0
Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 9 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
263% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $73M | Put options by funds: $20.1M
49% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 85
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 991 [Q3] → 1,018 (+27) [Q4]
2.65% more ownership
Funds ownership: 89.02% [Q3] → 91.68% (+2.65%) [Q4]
10% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 379 | Existing positions reduced: 346
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $30.6B [Q3] → $29.3B (-$1.28B) [Q4]
75% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 1 (-3) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$117
5%
downside
Avg. target
$133
8%
upside
High target
$145
18%
upside
9 analyst ratings
6 positive
67%
3 neutral
33%
0 negative
0%
UBS Brian Meredith 75% 1-year accuracy 27 / 36 met price target | 16%upside $142 | Buy Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Alex Scott 44% 1-year accuracy 42 / 96 met price target | 18%upside $145 | Overweight Maintained | 25 Apr 2025 |
Jefferies Yaron Kinar 58% 1-year accuracy 11 / 19 met price target | 5%downside $117 | Hold Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 54% 1-year accuracy 61 / 113 met price target | 2%upside $125 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Meyer Shields 66% 1-year accuracy 76 / 116 met price target | 8%upside $133 | Outperform Maintained | 9 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about HIG published over the past 30 days
Positive
Seeking Alpha
14 hours ago
The Hartford: Quietly Beating The Market, And Still Undervalued
The Hartford Insurance Group offers robust fundamentals with the backing of solid underwriting. HIG is demonstrating robust fundamentals with strong underwriting profitability, a 16.2% ROE, and significant premium growth. HIG is returning capital to shareholders, having repurchased $400M in shares and paid $150M in dividends in Q1 2025, and reducing share count by 20% over five years.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
5 days ago
Hartford Financial Q1 Earnings Beat on Employee Benefits Strength
HIG returns $550 million to shareholders in the first quarter via share buybacks and dividends.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
5 days ago
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (HIG) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE:HIG ) Q1 2025 Results Conference Call April 25, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Susan Spivak - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations Chris Swift - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Beth Costello - Chief Financial Officer Morris Tooker - President Mike Fish - Head of Group Benefits Melinda Thompson - Head of Personal Lines Conference Call Participants Gregory Peters - Raymond James Brian Meredith - UBS Andrew Kligerman - TD Securities Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo David Motemaden - Evercore ISI Mike Zaremski - BMO Alex Scott - Barclays Rob Cox - Goldman Sachs Josh Shanker - Bank of America Operator Good morning, and welcome to The Hartford Insurance Group's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call and Webcast. All participants are in a listen-only mode.
Neutral
Business Wire
6 days ago
The Hartford Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hartford (NYSE: HIG) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. “The Hartford is off to a strong start in 2025, delivering a trailing 12-month core earnings ROE of 16.2 percent,” said The Hartford's Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift. “Disciplined underwriting and pricing execution, exceptional talent, and innovative customer-centric solutions continue to drive our performance in a dynamic market environment that included.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
The Hartford to Release Q1 Earnings: Key Estimates to Watch
HIG's Q1 results are expected to gain on new business growth and prudent rate hikes in the Business Insurance segment, partly offset by increased marketing expenses.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Curious about The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) Q1 Performance? Explore Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
Looking beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended March 2025.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Here's Why You Should Retain Hartford Insurance Stock for Now
HIG remains well-poised for growth on the back of rate increases, new business growth and sound operating cash flows.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
The Hartford Expands Roles For Two Key Executives
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hartford has expanded the roles of two key executives and announced a new organizational structure for its Technology and Operations functions. Shekar Pannala was named the company's chief information officer and leads Technology, as well as cyber security, infrastructure and cloud modernization. Jeffery Hawkins was named chief data, AI and operations officer. In addition to his work overseeing data, analytics and AI, Hawkins now leads Operations. Both Pann.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
The Hartford Declares Quarterly Dividends Of $0.52 Per Share Of Common Stock And $375 Per Share Of Series G Preferred Stock
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hartford's Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.52 per share of common stock, payable April 2 to common stock shareholders of record at the close of business on March 3. The board also declared a dividend of $375 on each of the shares of Series G preferred stock (equivalent to $0.375 per depository share), payable May 15 to Series G preferred stock shareholders of record at the close of business on May 1. About The Hartford The Hartford is a leader.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Hartford Financial (HIG) Stock?
Investors need to pay close attention to Hartford Financial (HIG) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
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