Stewart Information Services Corp (STC)
The Company, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the title insurance-related services business. It also provides real estate information services.
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Scientist007
(67.66)
Submitted: 10/12/2009 2:44:43 PM :
Start Price:
$10.29
STC Score:
-1.68
Beaten to a pulp, I'm looking for STC to bounce here off 10.30. Added it to the portfolio as well for a trade. g/l
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08PortfolioModel
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/9/2009 10:03:13 AM :
Start Price:
$10.27
STC Score:
-0.23
Current 10.30, Oct 8 09. Limit 10.04
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LeoGetz
(35.06)
Submitted: 10/9/2009 9:29:39 AM :
Start Price:
$10.29
STC Score:
-1.68
Following BravoBevo.
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sandvig
(99.67)
Submitted: 9/16/2009 10:30:22 AM :
Start Price:
$13.88
STC Score:
-28.81
Regardless of whether things get better in the real estate market in the next five years (and I think they will), properties will change hands. When properties change hands, people buy title insurance.
Their premiums are a function of market price, so higher prices help, but they do not have the same risk as buyers when prices go down. Also, selling title insurance is less susceptible to local risks in declining markets- they can sell policies where the markets are hot.
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JTDIII
(42.66)
Submitted: 1/24/2009 9:03:38 AM :
Start Price:
$15.16
STC Score:
-64.79
Folks live in houses
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philippalmer
(70.02)
Submitted: 1/16/2009 10:06:32 AM :
Start Price:
$17.77
STC Score:
-72.35
Steady business in flat housing cycle. When home starts pick back up, this one will be the crown jewel. Should have got in last month, but this will still rise in the near future.
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smith972
(83.43)
Submitted: 10/29/2008 5:03:35 PM :
Start Price:
$11.55
STC Score:
-26.95
I guess I'm going to jump in at this price. Stewart is a quality company that will rebound ia a might way when things start turning around.
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jmt587
(99.83)
Submitted: 3/19/2008 10:57:07 AM :
Start Price:
$28.41
STC Score:
-48.52
Almost invested real money in this instead of IPHS. Want to track both of them to see how they do.
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lovesaves
(96.29)
Submitted: 3/7/2008 5:10:35 PM :
Start Price:
$26.82
STC Score:
+49.20
Financial sector s--t has to work iits way through the whole goose!
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SandyPrice
(50.97)
Submitted: 1/18/2008 1:22:55 PM :
Start Price:
$21.25
STC Score:
-37.63
Low cost provider; moat because of network effect.
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tomjpm
(75.30)
Submitted: 1/7/2008 4:03:47 PM :
Start Price:
$24.80
STC Score:
-38.44
As the Real Estate market picks up so will Stewart Information Holdings - it provides property title insurance .
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GreggInSF
(64.70)
Submitted: 1/2/2008 2:51:54 PM :
Start Price:
$25.97
STC Score:
-38.79
We know that foreclosures are escallating because of the rate resets on mortgages to owners that can't afford them.
After these foreclosure, SOMEONE's got to buy all those auctioned off houses, and those buyers are going to need title insurance. Why is this stock down so much?
Am I the only one that sees the sub-prime meltdown as being eventually good for the title insurance industry?
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godsmacks1
(98.13)
Submitted: 12/21/2007 4:21:28 AM :
Start Price:
$26.33
STC Score:
+37.98
mortgage title insurance
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skc0001
(< 20)
Submitted: 6/18/2007 3:10:08 AM :
Start Price:
$38.95
STC Score:
-48.50
Proposed by Good People
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rich426
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/18/2007 6:00:54 AM :
Start Price:
$40.83
STC Score:
-53.54
Has done a lot of work with title automation, which should attract business outside of it's own title transactions.
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esebeus
(55.84)
Submitted: 12/28/2006 9:11:39 PM :
Start Price:
$42.16
STC Score:
-57.21
Tangible Book value of $32. Profits of $2-$4 /year. Promising new title automation software will reduce operating expenses and boost market share.
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lecourasa
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/18/2006 4:59:35 PM :
Start Price:
$34.41
STC Score:
-57.75
I believe this small cap title insurer is going to outperform in the long haul. At around $35, this stock is trading at a 30% discount to intrinsic value. This estimate takes into account a housing recession that will cause FCF to fall to near zero, stay there for 2 years, and then recover to levels still well below 2001 levels. In my view, these estimates are very pessimistic and may not come to fruition. As mortgage rates rise, homeowners with variable rate loans will refinance which will mean purchasing new title insurance loans. Include the fact that the co-CEOs have a significant stake in the company, and I think STC is very likely to do well in the future.
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