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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The company reported $2.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.28. The business had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.67 billion. Asbury Automotive Group had a net margin of 2.44% and a return on equity of 37.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.93 earnings per share. View Asbury Automotive Group's Earnings History.

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

5 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Asbury Automotive Group's stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Asbury Automotive Group's share price to reach $79.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Asbury Automotive Group.

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

Media headlines about ABG stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Asbury Automotive Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Manhattan Co. (0.85%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.58%), First Quadrant L P CA (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.04%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Asbury Automotive Group stock include Craig T Monaghan, David W Hult, Dennis E Clements, Eugene S Katz, George A Villasana, George Karolis, Jed Milstein, 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 First Manhattan Co., First Quadrant L P CA, Peregrine Capital Management LLC and Alpha Windward LLC. Company insiders that have sold Asbury Automotive Group company stock in the last year include Dennis E Clements, Eugene S Katz, George A Villasana, Jed Milstein, Juanita T James, Thomas C Deloach Jr 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 6 Meridian, Denali Advisors LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 $79.44.

Asbury Automotive Group has a market capitalization of $1.55 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 8,200 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]