Exponent (EXPO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exponent in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" EXPO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EXPO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Exponent's shares. Their EXPO share price forecasts range from $99.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $104.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.9% from the stock's current price.
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Exponent's stock was trading at $99.09 at the start of the year. Since then, EXPO stock has decreased by 12.8% and is now trading at $86.40.
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Exponent saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the August 31st total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 212,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The business services provider reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $129.65 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $130.40 million. Exponent had a net margin of 19.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.41%. The business's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share.

Exponent declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 8th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, September 22nd. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 7th.
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Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 52.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EXPO will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Exponent's stock split on Thursday, June 7th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, May 15th 2018. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, June 6th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

15 employees have rated Exponent Chief Executive Officer Catherine Corrigan on Glassdoor.com. Catherine Corrigan has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Exponent investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Energy Transfer (ET), Ford Motor (F), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Visa (V) and Adobe (ADBE).

Exponent trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EXPO."

Exponent's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.83%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (8.41%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (4.75%), State Street Corp (3.33%), Geneva Capital Management LLC (2.78%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley A James, Carol Lindstrom, George H Brown, Harri Kytomaa, John Pye, Joseph Rakow, Maureen T F Reitman, Paul R Johnston, Paul R Johnston, Richard L Schlenker Jr, Richard Reiss, Sally Shepard and Steven J Murray.
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Shares of EXPO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EXPO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.40.

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has a market capitalization of $4.39 billion and generates $513.29 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $102.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,313 workers across the globe.

Exponent's mailing address is 149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA, 94025. The official website for the company is www.exponent.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (650) 326-9400, via email at investor-relations@exponent.com, or via fax at 650-326-8072.