NYSE:AAN - Aaron's Stock Price, Forecast & News

Aaron's trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AAN."

Aaron's declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.26%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 18th. This is a boost from Aaron's's previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. View Aaron's' Dividend History.

Aaron's declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) announced its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.09. The firm earned $963.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $975.20 million. Aaron's had a return on equity of 14.21% and a net margin of 5.09%. The firm's revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 EPS. View Aaron's' Earnings History.

Aaron's is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aaron's.

Aaron's issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.75-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.94. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.905-$4.010 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.98 billion.

7 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' share price to reach $78.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Aaron's.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Aaron's.

Headlines about AAN stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a news sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Aaron's.

Aaron's saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,670,000 shares, a drop of 8.3% from the December 15th total of 4,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 862,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 5.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Aaron's' Current Options Chain.

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Aaron's' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.95%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.32%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Aaron's stock include Curtis Linn Doman, Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Kelly Hefner Barrett, Ray M Robinson, Robert H Yanker, Robert P Sinclair Jr, Robert W Kamerschen, Ryan K Woodley and Steven A Michaels. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Aaron's.

AAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Skyline Asset Management LP, First Hawaiian Bank and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Aaron's company stock in the last year include Curtis Linn Doman, Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Ray M Robinson, Robert P Sinclair Jr, Robert W Kamerschen, Ryan K Woodley and Steven A Michaels. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aaron's.

AAN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of AAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.38.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $4.12 billion and generates $3.83 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $196.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.36 on an earnings per share basis. Aaron's employs 11,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Aaron's.

The official website for Aaron's is http://www.aarons.com/.

Aaron's' mailing address is 400 GALLERIA PARKWAY SE SUITE 300, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The company can be reached via phone at 678-402-3000 or via email at [email protected]