NYSE:ABG - Asbury Automotive Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:ABG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 6th. The company reported $2.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.07 by $0.13. The business earned $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. Asbury Automotive Group had a net margin of 2.44% and a return on equity of 37.81%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.81 EPS. View Asbury Automotive Group's Earnings History.

Asbury Automotive Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Asbury Automotive Group.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Asbury Automotive Group's stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect Asbury Automotive Group's share price to reach $76.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Asbury Automotive Group.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Asbury Automotive Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Asbury Automotive Group.

News headlines about ABG stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Asbury Automotive Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Asbury Automotive Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (17.27%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.53%), Prudential Financial Inc. (2.69%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.16%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.44%). Company insiders that own Asbury Automotive Group stock include Craig T Monaghan, David W Hult, Dennis E Clements, George A Villasana, George Karolis, Joel Alsfine, Juanita T James, Msd Capital L P, Thomas C Deloach Jr, Thomas Reddin 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 Gotham Asset Management LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, TD Asset Management Inc., First Manhattan Co., Raymond James & Associates, SG Americas Securities LLC and James Investment Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Asbury Automotive Group company stock in the last year include George A Villasana, George Karolis, Juanita T James, Thomas C Deloach Jr, Thomas Reddin and William Frederick Stax. View Insider Buying and Selling for Asbury Automotive Group.

ABG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, BlackRock Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC and Martingale Asset Management L P. View Insider Buying and Selling for Asbury Automotive Group.

Shares of ABG 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 ABG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.90.

Asbury Automotive Group has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion and generates $6.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $168 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.41 on an earnings per share basis. Asbury Automotive Group employs 8,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Asbury Automotive Group is http://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]