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 12, 2026,
the closing stock price of the Class A Common Stock was $8.67 per share. As of March 12, 2026, there were 1,521 registered stockholders
of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 43 registered stockholders of record of the Company’s Class C Common
Stock. Because many of the Company’s shares of Class A Common Stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of the
stockholders, the Company is unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.
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, 2024:
Price
Range (1)
High
Low
Period (Calendar Year)
2024
First Quarter
$ 8.20
$ 6.91
Second Quarter
$ 7.62
$ 5.90
Third Quarter
$ 8.76
$ 7.10
Fourth Quarter
$ 12.78
$ 8.69
2025
First Quarter
$ 12.82
$ 10.77
Second Quarter
$ 10.81
$ 8.53
Third Quarter
$ 9.91
$ 8.35
Fourth Quarter
$ 9.44
$ 7.76
2026
First Quarter (through March 12, 2026)
$ 9.36
$ 8.53
(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 18 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 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 its Board of Directors may deem appropriate. The Company paid a 5% stock dividend on
Class A and Class C Common Stock each year from 1990 through 2019, a 7.5% stock dividend for the year 2020, and a 5.0% stock dividend
for the years 2021 through 2025.
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The
Company did not have any share repurchases during the three-month period ended December 31, 2025. The Company did not have a 10b5-1 share
repurchase plan in effect during the three-month period ended December 31, 2025. On February 16, 2026, the Company executed a 10b5-1
agreement with a broker to repurchase shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. Under the terms of the agreement, the broker
is permitted to repurchase up to $1,000,000 of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. Purchases may commence on March 16, 2026. The
agreement is subject to the daily time, price, and volume conditions of Rule 10b-18. The agreement expires on December 31, 2026.
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
10/1/2025-10/31/2025
-
$ -
-
94,565
11/1/2025-11/30/2025
-
-
-
94,565
12/1/2025-12/31/2025
-
-
-
94,565
Total
-
$ -
-
94,565
See
Note 21 to Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information about the Company’s equity compensation plans approved
by security holders.
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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,
2021 through December 31, 2025. 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 as of December 31, 2021 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.
12/31/21
12/31/22
12/31/23
12/31/24
12/31/25
SNFC
100
83
108
151
119
S & P 500
100
81
100
123
144
S & P Insurance
100
108
116
145
148
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.
Item
6. [Reserved]
As
a smaller reporting company, the Company is not required to provide information typically disclosed under this item.
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