SeekingAlpha · Sep 15, 2026
Root: The Insurtech Has Finally Become An Insurer (Rating Upgrade)
Root, Inc. is rated Strong Buy as improving underwriting consistency and expense efficiency outweigh slower premium growth. Read more on ROOT stock here.
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NASDAQ · ROOT
Root, Inc.
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$52.44
Down-$1.16 (-2.16%)
Updated Sep 17, 2026, 3:28 AM
SID Score
6.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
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Institutional and insider signal
- Market cap
- 1.16B
- P/E ratio
- 15.28
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $40.91 – $67.49
- Volume
- 197.61K
- Avg. volume
- 484.63K
Price performance
ROOT price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
ROOT closed at $52.44 after 20 trading sessions, down 7.12% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $52.44
- Period change
- -7.12%
- Period low
- $52.08
- Period high
- $58.19
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $53.60 | $53.6931 | $51.57 | $52.44 | 197.61K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $53.79 | $54.61 | $53.41 | $53.60 | 135.45K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $53.45 | $55.64 | $53.45 | $54.33 | 188.78K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $53.72 | $53.90 | $51.88 | $53.485 | 119.97K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $51.03 | $53.7592 | $51.03 | $52.79 | 197.84K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $54.06 | $54.20 | $51.72 | $52.08 | 234.45K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $56.59 | $56.59 | $53.985 | $54.65 | 152.15K |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $56.67 | $57.10 | $55.00 | $56.59 | 170.89K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $55.99 | $57.125 | $54.79 | $55.39 | 210.35K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $55.10 | $57.00 | $54.66 | $54.87 | 129.05K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $54.63 | $56.31 | $53.76 | $55.10 | 158.09K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $56.43 | $56.43 | $54.47 | $55.49 | 189.74K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $55.26 | $57.08 | $55.26 | $56.43 | 161.51K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $58.56 | $58.84 | $54.81 | $55.045 | 117.46K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $57.35 | $58.36 | $57.1501 | $58.19 | 162.52K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $56.91 | $57.9399 | $56.56 | $57.70 | 146.77K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $56.23 | $57.00 | $55.64 | $56.54 | 146.58K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $58.09 | $58.33 | $54.56 | $55.79 | 316.4K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $56.33 | $58.18 | $56.33 | $57.41 | 244.85K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $52.50 | $56.865 | $52.50 | $56.46 | 264.32K |
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Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
Root Inc develops and launches a direct-to-consumer personal automobile insurance and mobile technology company. It generates revenue from the sales of auto insurance policies within the United States.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $100.20
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 12
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Jefferies | Hold | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | — |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| May 11, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| May 7, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 3, 2026
Root to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Root (NASDAQ: ROOT), the leading technology company in car insurance, today announced it will participate in two upcoming investor conferences in New York City. Management will have a presence at the following conferences: KBW Insurance Conference: Wednesday, September 9Goldman Sachs Americas Financial Technology Conference: Tuesday, September 15 While there will be no Company presentation, Root will host one-on-one and group meetings with insti
Yahoo · Sep 1, 2026
Root Insurance and Carvana Extend Embedded Insurance Agreement
Extended agreement builds on success of partnership that has sold more than 200,000 policiesCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Root (NASDAQ: ROOT), the leading technology company in car insurance, today announced the extension of its exclusive embedded partnership with Carvana (NYSE: CVNA). Root and Carvana launched Carvana Insurance Built with Root, their inaugural embedded insurance product, in 2022, creating an industry-first seamless, fully integrated experience that brings p
Benzinga · Sep 1, 2026
Carvana shares are trading higher after Needham reiterated its Buy rating on the stock and maintained a $500 price target.
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