NASDAQ:SPAR - Spartan Motors Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Spartan Motors announced a semiannual dividend on Monday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th. View Spartan Motors' Dividend History.

Spartan Motors Inc (NASDAQ:SPAR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12. The company earned $183.98 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $190.85 million. Spartan Motors had a net margin of 3.28% and a return on equity of 10.84%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.07 EPS. View Spartan Motors' Earnings History.

Spartan Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Spartan Motors.

Spartan Motors issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.60-0.66 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.64. The company issued revenue guidance of $790-815 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $808.67 million.

4 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Spartan Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Spartan Motors' share price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.4% 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.

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Media stories about SPAR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Spartan Motors earned a coverage optimism score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 46.20 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Spartan Motors.

Spartan Motors' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.88%), BlackRock Inc. (6.96%), Royce & Associates LP (2.79%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.03%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.80%) and Summit Creek Advisors LLC (1.70%). Company insiders that own Spartan Motors stock include Daryl M Adams, Frederick J Sohm, John A Forbes, John W Slawson, 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 Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Ariel Investments LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Algert Global LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Heartland Advisors Inc. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Centaurus Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Wesbanco Bank Inc. and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Spartan Motors stock in the last two years include Daryl M Adams, Frederick J Sohm, John W Slawson 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 $14.25.

Spartan Motors has a market capitalization of $512.03 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.

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]