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

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

Spartan Motors announced a Semi-Annual dividend on Monday, November 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, December 16th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 13th. View Spartan Motors' Dividend History.

Spartan Motors Inc (NASDAQ:SPAR) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $288.95 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $231.49 million. Spartan Motors had a net margin of 1.70% and a return on equity of 11.81%. The firm's revenue was up 27.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.17 earnings per share. View Spartan Motors' Earnings History.

Spartan Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Spartan Motors.

Spartan Motors updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.89-0.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $990 million - $1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $984.78 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets 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 14.2% 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.

Headlines about SPAR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Spartan Motors earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Spartan Motors.

Spartan Motors saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 490,100 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the December 15th total of 449,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 280,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Spartan Motors' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spartan Motors investors own include Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Bank of America (BAC), AMC Entertainment (AMC), First Data (FDC), Ciena (CIEN), tronc (TRNC) and Apollo Global Management (APO).

Spartan Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Summit Creek Advisors LLC (1.36%), Skyline Asset Management LP (1.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.21%), Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. (0.09%) and Centric Wealth Management (0.04%). Company insiders that own Spartan Motors stock include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, Frederick J Sohm, James A Sharman, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, 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 Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spartan Motors.

SPAR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skyline Asset Management LP and Centric Wealth Management. Company insiders that have bought Spartan Motors stock in the last two years include Daryl M Adams, Dominic A Romeo, James A Sharman, Paul Anthony Mascarenas 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SPAR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.51.

Spartan Motors has a market capitalization of $608.09 million and generates $816.16 million in revenue each year. The company earns $15.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.48 on an earnings per share basis. Spartan Motors employs 2,338 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Spartan Motors.

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]