Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Earns Media Sentiment Score of 0.18

Media stories about Kinsale Capital Group (NASDAQ:KNSL) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kinsale Capital Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.1673589667834 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.

KNSL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Kinsale Capital Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and set a $38.00 price target on shares of Kinsale Capital Group in a research report on Tuesday, July 18th. Finally, SunTrust Banks, Inc. set a $46.00 price target on Kinsale Capital Group and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 7th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, The company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $39.00.

Shares of Kinsale Capital Group (NASDAQ:KNSL) opened at 36.93 on Friday. Kinsale Capital Group has a 12 month low of $19.02 and a 12 month high of $45.69. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $38.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.57. The company has a market cap of $774.35 million and a P/E ratio of 58.16.

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 31st will be issued a $0.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 29th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. Kinsale Capital Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.20%.

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About Kinsale Capital Group

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc is a specialty insurance company. The Company focuses on the excess and surplus lines (E&S) market in the United States. The Company operates through the Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment. The Company markets and sells these insurance products in approximately 50 states and the District of Columbia through a network of independent insurance brokers.