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

Aaron's declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $963.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $975.20 million. Aaron's had a return on equity of 14.21% and a net margin of 5.09%. Aaron's's revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share. 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 EPS guidance of $3.75-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' stock price to reach $78.57 in the next twelve months. 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 been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 daily trading volume, of 862,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 5.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 purchased 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]