(VIANEWS) – Shares of Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) fell by a staggering 21.26% in 10 sessions from $6.2 to $4.88 at 11:53 EST on Thursday, after five sequential sessions in a row of losses. NYSE is jumping 0.08% to $14,674.39, following the last session’s downward trend.
Genworth Financial’s last close was $5.01, 21.72% below its 52-week high of $6.40.
About Genworth Financial
Genworth Financial, Inc. provides insurance products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Enact, U.S. Life Insurance, and Runoff. The Enact segment offers mortgage insurance products primarily insuring prime-based, individually underwritten residential mortgage loans; and pool mortgage insurance products. The U.S. Life Insurance segment offers long-term care insurance products; and service traditional life insurance and fixed annuity products in the United States. The Runoff segment includes variable annuity, variable life insurance, and corporate-owned life insurance, as well as funding agreements. It distributes its products through sales force, in-house sales representatives, and digital marketing programs. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Genworth Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.84.
PE Ratio
Genworth Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.81. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.81 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 5.47%.
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