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. Since then, AAN shares have increased by 54.2% and is now trading at $46.49. 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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.85 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 analysts' expectations of $1 billion. Aaron's had a negative net margin of 7.55% and a positive return on equity of 14.53%. Aaron's's quarterly revenue was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.08 earnings per share. View Aaron's' earnings history.

Aaron's announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. View Aaron's' dividend history.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Aaron's' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Aaron's' stock price to reach $55.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Aaron's.

Media stories about AAN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aaron's earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAaron's.

Aaron's saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 volume of 1,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 6.5% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $46.49.

Aaron's has a market capitalization of $3.12 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]