NYSE:ABGAsbury Automotive Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Asbury Automotive Group's stock was trading at $72.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ABG shares have increased by 8.8% and is now trading at $78.81. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Asbury Automotive Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Asbury Automotive Group.

Asbury Automotive Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Asbury Automotive Group.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:ABG) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $1.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.13. The business earned $1.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.57 billion. Asbury Automotive Group had a return on equity of 28.33% and a net margin of 2.28%. The firm's revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.20 EPS. View Asbury Automotive Group's earnings history.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Asbury Automotive Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Asbury Automotive Group's stock price to reach $84.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Asbury Automotive Group.

Media stories about ABG stock have trended very positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Asbury Automotive Group earned a media sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAsbury Automotive Group.

Asbury Automotive Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,370,000 shares, an increase of 17.3% from the April 15th total of 2,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 293,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.1 days. Currently, 12.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Asbury Automotive Group's Current Options Chain.

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Asbury Automotive Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ABG."

Asbury Automotive Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.79%), Abrams Capital Management L.P. (10.99%), Eminence Capital LP (4.29%), Morgan Stanley (3.86%), Morgan Stanley (3.86%) and State Street Corp (3.54%). Company insiders that own Asbury Automotive Group stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, David W Hult, Dennis E Clements, Eugene S Katz, George A Villasana, Jed Milstein, Juanita T James, Sean D Goodman, Thomas C Deloach Jr and William Frederick Stax. View institutional ownership trends for Asbury Automotive Group.

ABG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AJO LP, and Federated Hermes Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Asbury Automotive Group company stock in the last year include Eugene S Katz, Jed Milstein, Juanita T James, Thomas C Deloach Jr, and William Frederick Stax. View insider buying and selling activity for Asbury Automotive Group.

ABG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Abrams Capital Management L.P., Schroder Investment Management Group, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, State Street Corp, and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund. View insider buying and selling activity for Asbury Automotive Group.

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One share of ABG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.81.

Asbury Automotive Group has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion and generates $7.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $184.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.46 on an earnings per share basis. Asbury Automotive Group employs 8,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Asbury Automotive Group is www.asburyauto.com.

Asbury Automotive Group's mailing address is 2905 PREMIERE PARKWAY NW SUITE 300, DULUTH GA, 30097. The company can be reached via phone at 770-418-8200 or via email at [email protected]