NYSE:AANAaron's Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Aaron's, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $57.26 +0.41 (+0.72 %) (As of 08/12/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$57.12Now: $57.26▼$58.7650-Day Range$42.41MA: $46.69▼$56.8552-Week Range$13.01Now: $57.26▼$78.65Volume1.04 million shsAverage Volume1.03 million shsMarket Capitalization$3.84 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield0.28%Beta1.64 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Aaron's, Inc. operates as an omnichannel provider of lease-purchase solutions to underserved and credit-challenged customers. It operates in three segments: Progressive Leasing, Aaron's Business, and DAMI. The company also engages in the sale, lease ownership, and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances, and accessories. As of December 31, 2018, it operated through 1,689 Aaron's stores, including 1,312 company-operated stores in 42 states and Canada; and 377 independently-owned franchised stores in 37 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, as well as its e-commerce platform, aarons.com. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAaron's has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.90, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $65.11, Aaron's has a potential upside of 13.7% from its current price of $57.26.Amount of Analyst CoverageAaron's has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesAaron's has received 501 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAaron's has received 390 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAaron's has received 56.23% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Aaron's and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe AAN will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe AAN will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldAaron's has a dividend yield of 0.28%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthAaron's has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Aaron's is 4.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Aaron's will have a dividend payout ratio of 3.71% next year. This indicates that Aaron's will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Aaron's insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $10,454,611.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.78% of the stock of Aaron's is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions98.57% of the stock of Aaron's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Aaron's are expected to grow by 11.08% in the coming year, from $3.88 to $4.31 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Aaron's is -13.63, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Aaron's is -13.63, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Growth RatioAaron's has a PEG Ratio of 0.99. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAaron's has a P/B Ratio of 2.53. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.5Community Rank: 2.8Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.03 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Equipment rental & leasing, not elsewhere classified Sub-IndustryHomefurnishing Retail SectorRetail/Wholesale Current SymbolNYSE:AAN Previous SymbolNYSE:RNT CUSIP00253530 CIK706688 Webwww.aarons.com Phone678-402-3000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.19 Current Ratio3.04 Quick Ratio1.09Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E Ratio14.76 P/E Growth0.99 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$3.95 billion Price / Sales0.97 Cash Flow$35.35 per share Price / Cash Flow1.62 Book Value$22.66 per share Price / Book2.53Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.89 Net Income$31.47 million Net Margins-6.80% Return on Equity16.23% Return on Assets8.61%Miscellaneous Employees12,100 Outstanding Shares67,141,000Market Cap$3.84 billion Next Earnings Date11/2/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $57.26 +0.41 (+0.72 %) (As of 08/12/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive AAN News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AAN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Aaron's (NYSE:AAN) Frequently Asked Questions How has Aaron's' stock price been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Aaron's' stock was trading at $30.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AAN shares have increased by 90.0% and is now trading at $57.26. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Aaron's? 10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Aaron's. When is Aaron's' next earnings date? Aaron's is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Aaron's. How were Aaron's' earnings last quarter? Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.36. The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $991.07 million. Aaron's had a negative net margin of 6.80% and a positive return on equity of 16.23%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. View Aaron's' earnings history. How often does Aaron's pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Aaron's? Aaron's announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.04 per share on Tuesday, October 6th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 16th. View Aaron's' dividend history. What guidance has Aaron's issued on next quarter's earnings? Aaron's issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.80-0.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $950-975 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $973.32 million. What price target have analysts set for AAN? 10 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' stock price to reach $65.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Aaron's. Has Aaron's been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about AAN stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a news impact score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Aaron's. Are investors shorting Aaron's? Aaron's saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,400,000 shares, a drop of 13.0% from the January 31st total of 3,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 814,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Aaron's' Short Interest. Who are some of Aaron's' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Aaron's include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Restoration Hardware (RH), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Kirkland's (KIRK) and Pier 1 Imports (PIRRQ). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Aaron's own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Aaron's investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), salesforce.com (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intel (INTC) and Broadcom (AVGO). Who are Aaron's' key executives? Aaron's' management team includes the following people: Mr. John W. Robinson III, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 47)Mr. Steven A. Michaels, CFO & Pres of Strategic Operations (Age 47)Mr. Ryan K. Woodley, Chief Exec. Officer of Progressive Fin. Holdings LLC (Age 42)Mr. Curtis Linn Doman, Chief Product Officer of Progressive & Director (Age 46)Mr. Douglas A. Lindsay, Pres of Aaron's Bus. (Age 48) What is Aaron's' stock symbol? Aaron's trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AAN." Who are Aaron's' major shareholders? Aaron's' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.42%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.41%), LSV Asset Management (1.31%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.13%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.01%). Company insiders that own Aaron's stock include Curtis Linn Doman, Cynthia N Day, Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Kelly Hefner Barrett, Ray M Robinson, Robert P Sinclair Jr, Robert W Kamerschen, Ryan K Woodley and Steven A Michaels. View institutional ownership trends for Aaron's. Which institutional investors are selling Aaron's stock? AAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Hancock Whitney Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Todd Asset Management LLC, Dividend Assets Capital LLC, Skyline Asset Management LP, and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Aaron's company stock in the last year include Cynthia N Day, Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Ray M Robinson, and Robert W Kamerschen. View insider buying and selling activity for Aaron's. Which institutional investors are buying Aaron's stock? AAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including William Blair Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Copeland Capital Management LLC, AJO LP, Principal Financial Group Inc., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, and Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C.. View insider buying and selling activity for Aaron's. How do I buy shares of Aaron's? Shares of AAN 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. What is Aaron's' stock price today? One share of AAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.26. How big of a company is Aaron's? Aaron's has a market capitalization of $3.84 billion and generates $3.95 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $31.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.89 on an earnings per share basis. Aaron's employs 12,100 workers across the globe. What is Aaron's' official website? The official website for Aaron's is www.aarons.com. How can I contact Aaron's? Aaron's' mailing address is 400 GALLERIA PARKWAY SE SUITE 300, ATLANTA GA, 30339. 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