Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company’s Class A common stock trades on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SNFCA.” As of March 23, 2021, the closing stock price of the Class A common stock was $9.69 per share. The following were the high and low market closing stock prices for the Class A common stock by quarter as reported by NASDAQ since January 1, 2019:
Price Range (1)
High
Low
Period (Calendar Year)
2019
First Quarter
$5.21
$4.39
Second Quarter
$5.25
$4.42
Third Quarter
$5.07
$4.44
Fourth Quarter
$5.60
$4.47
2020
First Quarter
$6.10
$3.67
Second Quarter
$7.32
$4.01
Third Quarter
$6.98
$5.55
Fourth Quarter
$8.91
$6.42
2021
First Quarter (through March 23, 2021)
$10.54
$8.48
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(1) Stock prices have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock dividends.
The Class C common stock is not registered or traded on a national exchange. See Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company has never paid a cash dividend on its Class A or Class C common stock. The Company currently anticipates that all of its earnings will be retained for use in the operation and expansion of its business and does not intend to pay any cash dividends on its Class A or Class C common stock in the foreseeable future. Any future determination as to cash dividends will depend upon the earnings and financial position of the Company and such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. A 5% stock dividend on Class A and Class C common stock has been paid each year from 1990 through 2019 and a 7.5% stock dividend was paid for year 2020.
On September 7, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a Stock Repurchase Plan that authorized the repurchase of 300,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock in the open market. The Stock Repurchase Plan was amended on December 4, 2020. The amendment authorized the repurchase of a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock in the open market. The repurchased shares of Class A common stock will be held as treasury shares to be used as the Company's employer matching contribution to the Employee 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and for shares held in the Deferred Compensation Plan. The following table shows the Company’s repurchase activity of its common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2020 under its Stock Repurchase Plan.
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Period
(a) Total Number of Class A Shares Purchased
(b) Average Price Paid per Class A Share
(c) Total Number of Class A Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program
(d) Maximum Number of Class A Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan or Program
10/1/2020-10/31/2020
8,630
$ 6.46
-
80,488
11/1/2020-11/30/2020
9,960
$ 7.55
-
70,528
12/1/2020-12/31/2020
19,551
$ 8.36
-
750,977
Total
38,141
$ 7.79
-
750,977
The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return of the Company’s Class A common stock with the cumulative total return on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the Standard & Poor’s Insurance Index for the period from December 31, 2016 through December 31, 2020. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in the Company’s Class A common stock and in each of the indexes was $100 at December 31, 2016 and that all dividends were reinvested.
The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not intended to forecast the possible future performance of the Company’s Class A common stock.
12/31/16
12/31/17
12/31/18
12/31/19
12/31/20
SNFC
100
85
88
104
160
S & P 500
100
119
112
144
168
S & P Insurance
100
114
99
125
121
The stock performance graph set forth above is required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Form 10-K into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed soliciting material or filed under such acts.
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
As a smaller reporting company, the Company is not required to provide information typically disclosed under this item.
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