H&E Equipment Services (HEES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H&E Equipment Services in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HEES shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for H&E Equipment Services' shares. Their HEES share price targets range from $61.00 to $69.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $64.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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H&E Equipment Services' stock was trading at $52.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HEES shares have increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $58.78.
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H&E Equipment Services saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 584,000 shares, a decrease of 20.1% from the March 15th total of 730,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 217,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEES) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.25. The industrial products company had revenue of $385.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $382.58 million. H&E Equipment Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.72% and a net margin of 11.52%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.41 earnings per share.

H&E Equipment Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 22nd.
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H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.80%. The dividend payout ratio is 23.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HEES will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dorsey Wright Industrials Momentum ETF (PRN) and iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA).Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC).

52 employees have rated H&E Equipment Services Chief Executive Officer John M. Engquist on Glassdoor.com. John M. Engquist has an approval rating of 73% among the company's employees.

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H&E Equipment Services' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Harbour Capital Advisors LLC (0.07%) and BTC Capital Management Inc. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley W Barber, Gary W Bagley, John Mcdowell Engquist, Lawrence C Karlson, Patrick Edsell and Paul Arnold.
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Shares of HEES stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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