7 Basic Materials Stocks to Buy to Anchor Your Portfolio
The movement of basic materials stocks requires investors to keep a keen eye on the state of the economy to determine profitability. Raw materials such as plastic, steel, and lumber will always be in demand. Here are 7 stocks to take advantage of the growing demand!
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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 451,371,008 |
| Shares Float | 447,397,494 |
| Shares Short | 3,269,899 |
| Insider Holdings | 44% |
| Institution Holdings | 91.51% |
About Chubb Limited
Chubb Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company's North America Commercial P&C Insurance segment offers commercial property, casualty, workers' compensation, package policies, risk management, financial lines, marine, construction, environmental, medical, cyber risk, surety, and excess casualty; and group accident and health insurance to large, middle market, and small commercial businesses in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda. Its North America Personal P&C Insurance segment provides affluent and high net worth individuals and families with homeowners, automobile and collector cars, valuable articles, personal and excess liability, travel insurance, and recreational marine insurance and services in the United States and Canada. The company's North America Agricultural Insurance segment offers multiple peril crop and crop-hail insurance; and coverage for farm and ranch property, and commercial agriculture products. Its Overseas General Insurance segment provides coverage for traditional commercial property and casualty; specialty categories, such as financial lines, marine, energy, aviation, political risk, and construction risk; and group accident and health, and traditional and specialty personal lines for corporations, middle markets, and small customers through retail brokers, agents, and other channels. The company's Global Reinsurance segment offers traditional and specialty reinsurance under the Chubb Tempest Re brand name to property and casualty companies. Its Life Insurance segment provides protection and savings products comprising whole life, endowment plans, individual term life, group term life, medical and health, personal accident, credit life, universal life, and unit linked contracts. The company was formerly known as ACE Limited and changed its name to Chubb Limited in January 2016. Chubb Limited was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
General
| Name | Chubb Limited |
| Ticker | CB |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Insurance-Property & Casualty |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 31,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 175.22 |
| Market Cap | 75,696,332,800 |
| PE Ratio | 12.00 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.62 |
| EBITDA | 3,948,999,936 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 11.74 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 2.90 |
| Profit Margin | 0.10 |
| Return on Assets | 0.01 |
| Return on Equity | 0.06 |
| Revenue | 36,052,000,768 |
| Earnings Per Share | 7.79 |
| Revenue Per Share | 79.83 |
| Gross Profit | 7,110,000,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.13 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 21.58 |
| Forward PE | 14.45 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.11 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.27 |
Dividend
Chubb Limited pays out a dividend of $3.09 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.25%.
CB's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on April 9, 2021.
They pay out 42.74% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Apr 5, 2024 | $0.86 |
| Jan 5, 2024 | $0.86 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.86 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | $0.86 |
| Apr 10, 2023 | $0.83 |
| Jan 6, 2023 | $0.83 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | $0.83 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.83 |
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