NYSE:AANAaron's Stock Price, Forecast & News

Aaron's' stock was trading at $30.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 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.
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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."
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Aaron's is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020.
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Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.36. The business 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 revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th.
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Aaron's issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.80-0.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $950-975 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $973.32 million.

10 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Aaron's' stock price to reach $65.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about AAN stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Aaron's saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,400,000 shares, a decline of 13.0% from the January 31st total of 3,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 814,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Starbucks (SBUX).

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

Aaron's' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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.
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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 Curtis Linn Doman, Cynthia N Day, Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Ray M Robinson, and Robert W Kamerschen.
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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..
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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 $57.26.

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.

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]