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National Security Group (NASDAQ:NSEC) Earning Negative News Coverage, Study Shows – Tech Know Bits


Headlines about National Security Group (NASDAQ:NSEC) have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Security Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.00 on their scale. InfoTrie also assigned media stories about the insurance provider an news buzz score of 4 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

NSEC traded up $0.20 during trading on Friday, reaching $11.60. 2,384 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 605. National Security Group has a one year low of $10.63 and a one year high of $17.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 0.24 and a quick ratio of 0.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.42 and a beta of 0.01.

National Security Group (NASDAQ:NSEC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 28th. The insurance provider reported ($0.42) earnings per share for the quarter. National Security Group had a return on equity of 1.68% and a net margin of 1.20%. The business had revenue of $15.71 million for the quarter.

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 6th will be given a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 3rd. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.72%.

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About National Security Group

The National Security Group, Inc, an insurance holding company, provides insurance products and services in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Property and Casualty Insurance, and Life Insurance. The Property and Casualty Insurance segment primarily underwrites home insurance coverage with primary lines of business consisting of dwelling fire and extended coverage, mobile homeowners, and other liability insurance services in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, as well as operates on a surplus lines basis in the state of Louisiana.

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