NYSE:AANAaron's Stock Price, Forecast & News

Aaron's' stock was trading at $30.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AAN shares have increased by 46.3% and is now trading at $44.10. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Aaron's.

Aaron's is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Aaron's.

Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. Aaron's had a positive return on equity of 14.53% and a negative net margin of 7.55%. The firm's revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.08 EPS. View Aaron's' earnings history.

Aaron's declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.04 per share on Tuesday, July 7th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. View Aaron's' dividend history.

Aaron's updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, June, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.80-0.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.41. The company issued revenue guidance of $975 million to $1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $894.30 million.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' stock price to reach $57.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Aaron's.

Media headlines about AAN stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Aaron's.

Aaron's saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,770,000 shares, a decline of 31.6% from the June 15th total of 4,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Aaron's' Current Options Chain.

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

Aaron's' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.42%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.28%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%) and Exane Derivatives (0.00%). Company insiders that own Aaron's stock include Curtis Linn Doman, 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.

AAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skyline Asset Management LP, and Exane Derivatives. Company insiders that have sold Aaron's company stock in the last year include Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Robert W Kamerschen, and Steven A Michaels. View insider buying and selling activity for Aaron's.

AAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $44.10.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $2.96 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.

The official website for Aaron's is 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]