Air Transport Services Group Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:ATSG)

Air Transport Services Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ATSG."

Air Transport Services Group declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 28th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 5th. The transportation company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $334.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $333.05 million. Air Transport Services Group had a net margin of 2.13% and a return on equity of 21.56%. The company's revenue was up 64.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.28 EPS. View Air Transport Services Group's Earnings History.

Air Transport Services Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Air Transport Services Group.

4 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Air Transport Services Group's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Air Transport Services Group's stock price to reach $29.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Air Transport Services Group.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Transport Services Group in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Air Transport Services Group.

News articles about ATSG stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Air Transport Services Group earned a news impact score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Air Transport Services Group.

Air Transport Services Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,730,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the August 15th total of 2,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 314,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.7 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Air Transport Services Group's Current Options Chain.

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Air Transport Services Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Roubaix Capital LLC (0.54%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%) and Stephens Inc. AR (0.03%). Company insiders that own Air Transport Services Group stock include Jeffrey C Crippen, Joseph C Hete, Joseph Edward Roux, Michael L Berger, Quint O Turner, Raymond E Johns Jr, Richard Francis Corrado, Robert K Coretz, Sarah Elizabeth Williams and W Joseph Payne. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Air Transport Services Group.

ATSG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stephens Inc. AR. Company insiders that have sold Air Transport Services Group company stock in the last year include Quint O Turner, Sarah Elizabeth Williams and W Joseph Payne. View Insider Buying and Selling for Air Transport Services Group.

ATSG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Roubaix Capital LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. Company insiders that have bought Air Transport Services Group stock in the last two years include Jeffrey C Crippen, Joseph C Hete, Michael L Berger, Raymond E Johns Jr and Robert K Coretz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Air Transport Services Group.

Shares of ATSG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATSG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.46.

Air Transport Services Group has a market capitalization of $1.21 billion and generates $892.34 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $69.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis. Air Transport Services Group employs 3,830 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Air Transport Services Group.

The official website for Air Transport Services Group is http://www.atsginc.com/.

Air Transport Services Group's mailing address is 145 HUNTER DR, WILMINGTON OH, 45177. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 937-382-5591 or via email at [email protected]