General Finance Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:GFN)

General Finance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GFN."

General Finance Co. (NASDAQ:GFN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 11th. The business services provider reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $96.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $96.15 million. General Finance had a return on equity of 11.65% and a net margin of 0.38%. View General Finance's Earnings History.

General Finance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for General Finance.

General Finance will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

General Finance updated its FY 2020 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $370-390 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $392 million.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Finance in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for General Finance.

News articles about GFN stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. General Finance earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for General Finance.

General Finance saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 225,300 shares, a decline of 20.1% from the August 30th total of 282,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 33,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View General Finance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to General Finance include Textainer Group (TGH), Exterran (EXTN), CAI International (CAI), Black Diamond Group (BDIMF), Quest Resource (QRHC), MITCHAM INDUSTR/SH (MIND), FlexShopper (FPAY) and Aly Energy Services (ALYE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other General Finance investors own include Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Amgen (AMGN), Micron Technology (MU), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Ampliphi Biosciences (APHB), Allena Pharmaceuticals (ALNA), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Nuance Communications (NUAN) and Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE).

General Finance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rhumbline Advisers (0.05%). Company insiders that own General Finance stock include Christopher A Wilson, Havner Family Trust, James B Roszak, Leeann R Havner, Neil Gagnon, Ronald L Havner Jr, Ronald Valenta and Theodore M Mourouzis. View Institutional Ownership Trends for General Finance.

GFN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have bought General Finance stock in the last two years include Havner Family Trust, James B Roszak, Leeann R Havner, Neil Gagnon, Ronald L Havner Jr and Ronald Valenta. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Finance.

Shares of GFN 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 GFN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.49.

General Finance has a market capitalization of $289.71 million and generates $378.21 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $-7,470,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.28 on an earnings per share basis. General Finance employs 941 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About General Finance.

The official website for General Finance is http://www.generalfinance.com/.

General Finance's mailing address is 39 East Union Street, Pasadena CA, 91103. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 626-584-9722 or via email at [email protected]