NYSE:AGX - Argan Stock Price, Forecast & News

Argan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGX."

Argan announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 22nd. View Argan's Dividend History.

Argan, Inc. (NYSE:AGX) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 10th. The construction company reported ($0.44) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.38. The construction company earned $58.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $56.50 million. Argan's revenue for the quarter was down 49.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.07 earnings per share. View Argan's Earnings History.

Argan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 8th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Argan.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Argan's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Argan's stock price to reach $62.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Argan.

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

News stories about AGX stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Argan earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Argan.

Some companies that are related to Argan include Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), Ameresco (AMRC), Aecom (ACM), Aegion (AEGN), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Dycom Industries (DY), Emcor Group (EME), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Granite Construction (GVA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), KBR (KBR), MasTec (MTZ), MYR Group (MYRG), Northwest Pipe (NWPX) and Orion Group (ORN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Argan investors own include Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), FTS International (FTSI), Real Goods Solar (RGSE), Corus Entertainment (CJREF), SP Plus (SP), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Casa Systems (CASA), KLA (KLAC) and Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR).

Argan's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include River Road Asset Management LLC (8.26%), FMR LLC (8.21%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (3.91%), Royce & Associates LP (3.31%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.79%) and State Street Corp (2.18%). Company insiders that own Argan stock include David Hibbert Watson, James W Quinn, John Ronald Jr Jeffrey, Richard H Deily and W G Champion Mitchell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Argan.

AGX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Royce & Associates LP, State Street Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Boston Partners, Bank of America Corp DE, Raymond James & Associates and Citigroup Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Argan.

AGX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., John G Ullman & Associates Inc., Parthenon LLC, Barclays PLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Roumell Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Argan stock in the last two years include David Hibbert Watson, James W Quinn, John Ronald Jr Jeffrey and Richard H Deily. View Insider Buying and Selling for Argan.

Shares of AGX 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 AGX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.74.