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Fidelity National Financial (
FNF) pushed the Insurance industry higher today making it today's featured insurance winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Fidelity National Financial rose 55 cents (2.2%) to $25.83 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.8 million shares of Fidelity National Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $25.17-$25.83 after having opened the day at $25.17 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.28. Other companies within the Insurance industry that increased today were:
MBIA (
MBI), up 17.9%,
Assured Guaranty (
AGO), up 10.2%,
Life Partners Holdings (
LPHI), up 5.8%, and
OneBeacon Insurance Group (
OB), up 3.8%.
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance, mortgage services, and diversified services in the United States. Fidelity National Financial has a market cap of $5.63 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Fidelity National Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Fidelity National Financial as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the insurance industry could consider
KBW Insurance ETF (
KIE) while those bearish on the insurance industry could consider
Proshares Short Financials (
SEF).
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