Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026
Jefferies Downgrades Root to Hold, Lowers Price Target to $58
Jefferies analyst Andrew Andersen downgrades Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) from Buy to Hold and lowers the price target from $78 to $58.
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NASDAQ · ROOT
Root, Inc.
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$55.79
Down-$1.62 (-2.82%)
Updated Aug 22, 2026, 3:31 AM
SID Score
6.0/10
Composite research score
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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
- 316.4K
- Avg. volume
- 484.63K
Price performance
ROOT price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
ROOT closed at $55.79 after 21 trading sessions, down 3.73% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $55.79
- Period change
- -3.73%
- Period low
- $48.27
- Period high
- $61.40
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $49.45 | $52.55 | $49.22 | $52.29 | 345.39K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $51.01 | $51.7684 | $49.14 | $49.70 | 407.65K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $50.14 | $51.73 | $49.66 | $51.45 | 179.3K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $49.24 | $50.18 | $48.64 | $49.83 | 273.08K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $51.73 | $52.82 | $48.00 | $48.27 | 382.05K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $51.15 | $52.53 | $50.25 | $51.59 | 350.06K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $50.75 | $53.55 | $49.8649 | $53.44 | 364.12K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $51.07 | $53.835 | $51.01 | $51.50 | 543.95K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $47.00 | $50.79 | $45.14 | $50.51 | 879.56K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $59.73 | $61.4699 | $59.565 | $60.28 | 258.34K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $57.37 | $59.97 | $57.00 | $59.12 | 151.84K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $54.90 | $57.74 | $54.90 | $57.07 | 211.14K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $58.44 | $58.49 | $53.65 | $54.15 | 289.2K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $56.71 | $58.37 | $56.30 | $58.04 | 234.42K |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $59.52 | $60.06 | $54.35 | $56.56 | 179.62K |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $59.70 | $61.44 | $58.74 | $61.40 | 242.29K |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $58.46 | $60.57 | $58.46 | $59.65 | 171.52K |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $57.75 | $60.22 | $57.42 | $57.95 | 134.22K |
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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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Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Outperform on Root, Lowers Price Target to $80
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Thomas McJoynt-Griffith maintains Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $95 to $80.
SeekingAlpha · Aug 6, 2026
Root, Inc. (ROOT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Root, Inc. (ROOT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 5, 2026 5:00 PM EDTCompany ParticipantsMatthew LaMalva - Head of Investor RelationsAlexander Timm - Founder,...
ChartMill · Aug 6, 2026
Root Inc (NASDAQ:ROOT) Shares Drop as Revenue Miss Offsets Q2 Earnings Beat
Root Inc Q2: EPS beats at $1.42 vs $0.85 est., but revenue misses at $389.2M; stock falls ~12% after hours.
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