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 27.5% and is now trading at $38.44. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 7 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 in the previous year, the business posted $1.08 EPS. View Aaron's' earnings history.

Aaron's announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share on Tuesday, July 7th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. View Aaron's' dividend history.

9 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' stock price to reach $54.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Aaron's.

News articles about AAN stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a news sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAaron's.

Aaron's saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,310,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the April 30th total of 3,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 6.5% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.35%), State Street Corp (3.85%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.15%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.78%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.46%). 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 Principal Financial Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Portolan Capital Management LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Aaron's company stock in the last year include Douglas A Lindsay, John W Robinson, Robert W Kamerschen, Ryan K Woodley, and Steven A Michaels. View insider buying and selling activity for Aaron's.

AAN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG, Todd Asset Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, and Channing Capital Management LLC. 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 $38.44.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $2.58 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]