NASDAQ:SPAR - Spartan Motors Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Spartan Motors trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPAR."

Spartan Motors announced a Semi-Annual dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, December 14th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 13th. View Spartan Motors' Dividend History.

Spartan Motors Inc (NASDAQ:SPAR) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $226.18 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $227.27 million. Spartan Motors had a net margin of 2.04% and a return on equity of 9.77%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.21 EPS. View Spartan Motors' Earnings History.

Spartan Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Spartan Motors.

Spartan Motors updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.42-0.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $800.38 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of prior $0.60-0.66.Spartan Motors also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $0.42-0.48 EPS.

3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Spartan Motors' stock. Their predictions range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate Spartan Motors' share price to reach $12.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Spartan Motors.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spartan Motors in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Spartan Motors.

News coverage about SPAR stock has trended very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring 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. Spartan Motors earned a daily sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Spartan Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.91%), BlackRock Inc. (6.62%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.38%), Royce & Associates LP (2.71%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.11%) and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.74%). Company insiders that own Spartan Motors stock include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, Frederick J Sohm, James A Sharman, John A Forbes, John W Slawson, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Richard R Current, Stephen K Guillaume, Thomas C Schultz, Thomas Kivell and Thomas R Clevinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Spartan Motors.

SPAR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Paloma Partners Management Co, Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Spartan Motors company stock in the last year include Frederick J Sohm, John W Slawson, Stephen K Guillaume, Thomas C Schultz and Thomas Kivell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spartan Motors.

SPAR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schwerin Boyle Capital Management Inc., Baird Financial Group Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Zuckerman Investment Group LLC, Wesbanco Bank Inc. and Crestline Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Spartan Motors stock in the last two years include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, Frederick J Sohm, James A Sharman, John W Slawson, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Richard R Current and Thomas R Clevinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spartan Motors.

Shares of SPAR 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SPAR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.45.

Spartan Motors has a market capitalization of $251.85 million and generates $707.10 million in revenue each year. The company earns $15.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.43 on an earnings per share basis. Spartan Motors employs 2,327 workers across the globe.

The official website for Spartan Motors is http://www.spartanmotors.com.

Spartan Motors' mailing address is 1541 Reynolds Road, Charlotte MI, 48813. The company can be reached via phone at 517-543-6400 or via email at [email protected]