NASDAQ:GFN - General Finance Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

General Finance Co. (NASDAQ:GFN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September, 11th. The business services provider reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $96.21 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for General Finance.

General Finance updated its FY 2020 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 11th. The company provided earnings per share 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.

Media coverage about GFN stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. General Finance earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely 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 drop in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 112,700 shares, a drop of 23.3% from the July 15th total of 147,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 34,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View General Finance's Current Options Chain.

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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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gagnon Securities LLC (6.93%), BlackRock Inc. (2.57%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (2.14%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.51%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.44%). Company insiders that own General Finance stock include Christopher A Wilson, Havner Family Trust, James B Roszak, Larry D Tashjian, 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Invesco Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold General Finance company stock in the last year include Neil Gagnon, Ronald Valenta and Theodore M Mourouzis. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Finance.

GFN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Gagnon Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Royal Bank of Canada and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought General Finance stock in the last two years include Havner Family Trust, James B Roszak, Larry D Tashjian, 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 $10.50.

General Finance has a market capitalization of $320.57 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]