Argan - AGX Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Argan in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AGX shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Argan's stock. Their AGX share price forecasts range from $87.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $87.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 123.1% from the stock's current price.
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Argan's stock was trading at $36.88 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AGX stock has increased by 5.7% and is now trading at $38.99.
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Argan saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 239,300 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the December 31st total of 220,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 62,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 12th 2023.
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Argan, Inc. (NYSE:AGX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 7th. The construction company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The construction company earned $117.88 million during the quarter. Argan had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.06% and a net margin of 4.69%.

Argan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 14th. Investors of record on Friday, January 20th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, January 31st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 19th.
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Argan (NYSE:AGX) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.62%. The dividend payout ratio is 66.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Argan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGX."

Argan's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Comerica Bank (0.25%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.16%), Cubic Asset Management LLC (0.13%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.08%), Versor Investments LP (0.06%) and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include David Hibbert Watson, John Ronald Jr Jeffrey, Mano S Koilpillai, Peter W Getsinger, W G Champion Mitchell and William F Griffin Jr.
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Shares of AGX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AGX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.99.

Argan (NYSE:AGX) has a market capitalization of $529.48 million and generates $509.37 million in revenue each year. The construction company earns $38.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,358 workers across the globe.

Argan's mailing address is ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 201, ROCKVILLE MD, 20850. The official website for the company is www.arganinc.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (301) 315-0027 or via fax at 301-315-0064.