After Hours
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. After-hours trades for Citizens Inc. (CIA) shows that investor sentiment remained intact, with the stock’s consolidated last price rising by $0.26, or 14.13%, to $2.10. The Citizens Inc. has recorded 1,500,115 volume in the after hours trading session. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that Citizens, Inc. to Participate in Two Upcoming Investor Conferences.
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Stocks Info
Citizens Inc. is listed on the NYSE as a member of the Financial sector and is a part of the Insurance – Life industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $1.84 and fluctuated between $1.9900 as its day high and $1.7800 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Citizens Inc. is $84.51M. A total of 1.56 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 67.25K shares.
Insider Activity
Additionally, investors take into account insider trades when predicting how a stock will perform. During the recent three months, CIA has seen 7 BUY and 4 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 24,116 and the disposition of 6,112 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 89 BUYs and 8 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 160,682 shares during that period but sold 16,386.
In the most recent transaction, Conklin Jeffery P. bought 14,000 shares of CIA for 1.93 per share on May 12. After the transaction, the VP, CFO & Treasurer now owns 115,782 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 11, Shields Gerald bought 55,000 shares at 1.86 per share. CIA shares that President & CEO owns now total 141,286.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Waite Harvey J. acquired of 11,363 shares on Dec 20 at a per-share price of $2.41. This resulted in the VP, Chief Actuary holding 18,201 shares of CIA after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Conklin Jeffery P. bought 8,000 shares at $3.15 per share on Nov 18. Company shares held by the VP, CFO & Treasurer now total 87,535.
Though price targets are rarely accurate, they can exert some influence from time to time and were often accepted as valuable by the market. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for CIA in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $7.50 with high estimates of $7.50 and low estimates of $7.50. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, CIA has a high of $4.52 and a low of $1.67.
As of this writing, CIA has an earnings estimate of $0 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0 per share and a lower estimate of $0.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
A balance sheet is a report that shows the company’s assets and liabilities. In addition, it shows how much equity investors have invested in the company. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. CIA’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.50B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $3.10, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $320.57M.
Analysts Opinion
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for CIA is Buy with a score of 0.00.
