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

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

Aaron's announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, October 5th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 19th. View Aaron's' Dividend History.

Aaron's declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.08. The business earned $927.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $924.86 million. Aaron's had a net margin of 8.14% and a return on equity of 11.54%. The business's revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share. View Aaron's' Earnings History.

Aaron's is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Aaron's.

Aaron's updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.20-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.34. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.68-3.89 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.82 billion.

12 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Aaron's' stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Aaron's' stock price to reach $51.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Aaron's.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Aaron's.

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News headlines about AAN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 49.50 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Aaron's.

Aaron's' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.53%), FMR LLC (5.98%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.70%), LSV Asset Management (2.57%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.52%). Company insiders that own Aaron's stock include Curtis Linn Doman, John W Robinson, Moonrider Ou, 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 Dividend Assets Capital LLC, FMR LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Castleark Management LLC, James Investment Research Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Aaron's company stock in the last year include Curtis Linn Doman, John W Robinson, Robert H Yanker, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Portolan Capital Management LLC, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH. Company insiders that have bought Aaron's stock in the last two years include Moonrider Ou and Robert H Yanker. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.20.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $3.22 billion and generates $3.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $292.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.56 on an earnings per share basis. Aaron's employs 11,900 workers across the globe.

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]