NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Assurant

(NYSE:

AIZ

) hit a new 52-week high Tuesday as it is currently trading at $42.16, above its previous 52-week high of $42.06 with 94,072 shares traded as of 10:28 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 855,600 shares over the past 30 days.

Assurant has a market cap of $3.6 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

insurance

industry. Shares are up 1.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Assurant, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides specialized insurance products and related services. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.4, below the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 17.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Assurant as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full

Assurant Ratings Report

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