Peddock Capital Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in The Allstate Co. (NYSE:ALL)

Peddock Capital Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in The Allstate Co. (NYSE:ALLFree Report) by 6.9% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 16,078 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after selling 1,189 shares during the period. Peddock Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Allstate were worth $2,567,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brookstone Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of Allstate by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 6,732 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $1,149,000 after purchasing an additional 364 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Allstate by 49.8% during the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,570 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $272,000 after purchasing an additional 522 shares during the period. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Allstate by 100.0% during the 2nd quarter. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC now owns 3,194 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,597 shares during the period. Wilsey Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Allstate by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. Wilsey Asset Management Inc. now owns 213,503 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $34,088,000 after purchasing an additional 13,800 shares during the period. Finally, Ellsworth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Allstate by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 32,479 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $5,186,000 after purchasing an additional 662 shares during the period. 76.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on ALL shares. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Allstate from $188.00 to $196.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of Allstate from $191.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 5th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective on shares of Allstate from $199.00 to $208.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of Allstate from $199.00 to $204.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Allstate from $177.00 to $175.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Allstate currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $191.94.

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Allstate Stock Up 0.9 %

Shares of Allstate stock traded up $1.53 on Friday, reaching $179.64. The stock had a trading volume of 1,236,030 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,569,601. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $166.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $165.48. The company has a quick ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The Allstate Co. has a 1 year low of $104.29 and a 1 year high of $184.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $47.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 0.48.

Allstate (NYSE:ALLGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 31st. The insurance provider reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by $1.28. Allstate had a net margin of 5.03% and a return on equity of 24.05%. The firm had revenue of $15.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.04 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($4.42) EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that The Allstate Co. will post 13.64 EPS for the current year.

Allstate Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a $0.92 dividend. This represents a $3.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. Allstate’s payout ratio is currently 81.24%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Allstate news, insider Suren Gupta sold 45,775 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.28, for a total transaction of $8,114,992.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 89,930 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,942,790.40. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Allstate Profile

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The Allstate Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty, and other insurance products in the United States and Canada. It operates in five segments: Allstate Protection; Protection Services; Allstate Health and Benefits; Run-off Property-Liability; and Corporate and Other segments.

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