Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Slide Insurance (SLDE)

Slide Insurance (NASDAQ: SLDE) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 8/3/2026 – Slide Insurance had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 8/3/2026 – Slide Insurance was given a new $22.00 price target by Morgan Stanley.
• 8/3/2026 – Slide Insurance was upgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 8/3/2026 – Slide Insurance had its price target raised by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $24.00 to $26.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/30/2026 – Slide Insurance had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup Inc..
• 7/30/2026 – Slide Insurance had its price target raised by Citizens Jmp from $25.00 to $27.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/29/2026 – Slide Insurance had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $27.00 to $28.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/8/2026 – Slide Insurance had its price target raised by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $23.00 to $24.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/7/2026 – Slide Insurance had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $31.00 to $27.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/6/2026 – Slide Insurance had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $20.00 price target on the stock, down from $23.00.

Slide Insurance Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.07 per share. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. Slide Insurance’s payout ratio is 6.83%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Robert Gries, Jr. sold 84,636 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.34, for a total transaction of $1,721,496.24. Following the sale, the director directly owned 1,777,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,151,441.38. This represents a 4.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Beth Witte Bruce sold 23,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.01, for a total transaction of $446,735.00. Following the sale, the director owned 179,645 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,415,051.45. This represents a 11.57% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 802,976 shares of company stock worth $14,908,524. 50.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Launched in 2021, we are a technology enabled, fast-growing, coastal specialty insurer. We focus on profitable underwriting of single family and condominium policies in the property and casualty (“P&C”) industry in coastal states along the Atlantic seaboard through our insurance subsidiary, Slide Insurance Company (“SIC”). We utilize our differentiated technology and data-driven approach to focus on market opportunities that are underserved by other insurance companies. We acquire policies both from inorganic block acquisitions and subsequent renewals, as well as new business sales through a combination of independent agents and our direct-to-consumer(“DTC”) channel, through which we sell our insurance products directly to end consumers, without the use of retailers, brokers, agents or other intermediaries.