NASDAQ:RCII - Rent-A-Center Stock Price, Forecast & News

Rent-A-Center's stock was trading at $17.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RCII shares have decreased by 16.3% and is now trading at $14.96. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rent-A-Center in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Rent-A-Center.

Rent-A-Center is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Rent-A-Center.

Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 24th. The company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $667.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $658.66 million. Rent-A-Center had a net margin of 6.54% and a return on equity of 31.73%. Rent-A-Center's revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.35 EPS. View Rent-A-Center's earnings history.

Rent-A-Center declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 3rd. This is a positive change from Rent-A-Center's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Rent-A-Center's dividend history.

Rent-A-Center issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.45 to $2.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.755 to $2.875 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.73 billion.

5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Rent-A-Center's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Rent-A-Center's share price to reach $27.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 82.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Rent-A-Center.

Media coverage about RCII stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Rent-A-Center earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutRent-A-Center.

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Rent-A-Center trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RCII."

Rent-A-Center's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (8.01%), State Street Corp (2.73%), Royce & Associates LP (2.11%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.03%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.58%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%). Company insiders that own Rent-A-Center stock include Catherine M Skula, Christopher A Korst, Engaged Capital Llc and Fred E Herman. View institutional ownership trends for Rent-A-Center.

RCII stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Arizona State Retirement System, and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Rent-A-Center.

RCII stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Royce & Associates LP, SG Capital Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., and Acadian Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Rent-A-Center.

Shares of RCII 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 RCII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.96.

Rent-A-Center has a market capitalization of $826.24 million and generates $2.67 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $173.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.24 on an earnings per share basis. Rent-A-Center employs 14,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about Rent-A-Center.

The official website for Rent-A-Center is http://www.rentacenter.com/.

Rent-A-Center's mailing address is 5501 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE, PLANO TX, 75024. The company can be reached via phone at 972-801-1100 or via email at [email protected]