NASDAQ:EXPO - Exponent Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Exponent announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Exponent's Dividend History.

Shares of Exponent split on the morning of Thursday, June 7th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, May 15th 2018. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, June 6th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Exponent stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $101.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $100.17 million. Exponent had a return on equity of 23.62% and a net margin of 19.88%. Exponent's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.32 EPS. View Exponent's Earnings History.

Exponent is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Exponent.

Exponent will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Exponent's stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect Exponent's share price to reach $75.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Exponent.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exponent in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Exponent.

Media coverage about EXPO stock has been trending somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Exponent earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Exponent.

Exponent saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 984,200 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the December 15th total of 813,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 231,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Exponent's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Exponent investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), Ford Motor (F), NetApp (NTAP), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Twitter (TWTR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT).

Exponent's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (4.60%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.78%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Strs Ohio (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Exponent stock include Carol Lindstrom, Catherine Corrigan, Debra Zumwalt, Harri Kytomaa, John Pye, Paul R Johnston, Richard L Schlenker Jr and Richard Reiss. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Exponent.

EXPO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank, Cordasco Financial Network, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Exponent company stock in the last year include Carol Lindstrom, Harri Kytomaa, John Pye, Paul R Johnston and Richard L Schlenker Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Exponent.

EXPO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Meridian Wealth Management LLC and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Exponent.

Shares of EXPO 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 EXPO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.53.

Exponent has a market capitalization of $3.76 billion and generates $379.52 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $72.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis. Exponent employs 1,122 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Exponent.

The official website for Exponent is http://www.exponent.com/.

Exponent's mailing address is 149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA, 94025. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 650-326-9400 or via email at [email protected]