Aaron's Stock Forecast, Price & 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 (WHO). Since then, AAN stock has increased by 86.4% and is now trading at $56.18.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aaron's in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 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 results on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.36. The business earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $991.07 million. Aaron's had a negative net margin of 6.80% and a positive return on equity of 16.23%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share.
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Aaron's announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 17th will be given 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 is Wednesday, September 16th.
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Aaron's updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.40-1.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.00-1.02 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $968.57 million.

11 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Aaron's' share price to reach $71.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.6% from the stock's current price.
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Aaron's saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,070,000 shares, a decrease of 11.2% from the August 15th total of 2,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 770,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.18%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.42%), FMR LLC (2.93%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (2.42%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.58%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.41%). 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 Vanguard Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Federated Hermes Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Hancock Whitney Corp, and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including William Blair Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Copeland Capital Management LLC, AJO LP, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Principal Financial Group 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.18.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $3.77 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]