News coverage about National Security Group (NASDAQ:NSEC) has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. National Security Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the insurance provider an impact score of 50.043872653367 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.
Shares of National Security Group (NSEC) remained flat at $13.28 on Friday. 2,085 shares of the company traded hands. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $14.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $15.55. The stock has a market cap of $33.43 million, a P/E ratio of 18.50 and a beta of 0.16. National Security Group has a 1-year low of $13.11 and a 1-year high of $20.84.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 3rd. National Security Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 27.78%.
Separately, TheStreet downgraded National Security Group from a “b” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 18th.
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About National Security Group
The National Security Group, Inc is an insurance holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, operates through two segments: property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. Its property and casualty insurance business is conducted through National Security Fire and Casualty Company (NSFC), a subsidiary of the Company, and Omega One Insurance Company (Omega), a subsidiary of NSFC.
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