Corporate insiders at Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UVE) have decreased their position in the stock by -13.03% over the past 6 months. Insiders now own 7.20% of total outstanding shares.
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TECHNICAL INDICATORS
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UVE) stands -6.28% away from its 50-day simple moving average and also 16.33% away from the 200-day average. Recently, the equity stands -14.18% away from the 52-week high and 89.77% from the 52-week low. The RSI (Relative Strength Index), an indicator that suggests price strength by comparing upward and downward close-to-close movements is 38.67.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The consensus analysts recommendation at this point stands at 3.00 for Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.. This is based on a 1-5 scale where 1 implies a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. Further, analysts have a 12 month target price of $52.00 on outfit shares. This is according to the analysts polled by Thomson Reuters which have recently published homework reports on the enterprise.
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