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

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

General Finance Co. (NASDAQ:GFN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The business services provider reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $89.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.60 million. General Finance had a return on equity of 14.03% and a net margin of 5.59%. View General Finance's Earnings History.

General Finance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for General Finance.

General Finance issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, February, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $365-375 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $378.45 million.

Media coverage about GFN stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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. General Finance earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for General Finance.

General Finance saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 35,100 shares, a drop of 10.0% from the January 15th total of 39,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), IBM (IBM), Amgen (AMGN), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (NBY), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Nuance Communications (NUAN), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE).

General Finance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gagnon Securities LLC (6.92%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.41%), Royce & Associates LP (1.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.63%), Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC (0.23%) and Litman Gregory Asset Management LLC (0.18%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mackay Shields LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Gagnon Securities LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Spark Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Finance.

GFN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royce & Associates LP, UBS Group AG, Barclays PLC, Litman Gregory Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $9.34.

General Finance has a market capitalization of $285.80 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]