The Aarons Stock Forecast, Price & News

The Aarons' 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 stock has decreased by 31.3% and is now trading at $20.70.
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11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Aarons in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" The Aarons stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AAN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated The Aarons CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among The Aarons' employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

The Aarons is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 18th 2021.
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The Aarons Company Inc. (NYSE:AAN) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 3rd. The company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.36. The company earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS.
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The Aarons announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.045 per share on Friday, November 20th. This represents a $0.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 13th. This is an increase from The Aarons's previous quarterly dividend of $0.04.
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The Aarons issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.20-$1.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.24. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.025-$1.045 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.03 billion.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for The Aarons' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect The Aarons' stock price to reach $52.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 154.6% from the stock's current price.
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The Aarons saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 879,100 shares, a decline of 47.7% from the December 15th total of 1,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The Aarons trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AAN."

The Aarons' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.35%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own The Aarons 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold The Aarons 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.70.

The Aarons has a market capitalization of $699.66 million and generates $1.78 billion in revenue each year. The Aarons employs 10,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for The Aarons is www.aarons.com.

The Aarons' 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]