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. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 14th will be given 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) announced 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 business earned $226.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $227.27 million. Spartan Motors had a return on equity of 9.77% and a net margin of 2.04%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS 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.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Spartan Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect Spartan Motors' share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Spartan Motors.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spartan Motors in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Spartan Motors.

Press coverage about SPAR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Spartan Motors' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.91%), BlackRock Inc. (6.62%), Royce & Associates LP (2.71%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.11%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.74%) and Allianz Asset Management GmbH (1.72%). Company insiders that own Spartan Motors stock include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, Frederick J Sohm, John A Forbes, John W Slawson, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Richard R Current, Stephen K Guillaume, Thomas C Schultz and Thomas Kivell. 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 acquired 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 Hodges Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Spartan Motors stock in the last two years include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, Frederick J Sohm, John W Slawson, Paul Anthony Mascarenas and Richard R Current. 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 $8.19.

Spartan Motors has a market capitalization of $293.01 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]