Associated Banc - ASB Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Associated Banc in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ASB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ASB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Associated Banc's stock. Their ASB share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $28.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $23.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price.
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Associated Banc's stock was trading at $22.59 at the start of the year. Since then, ASB shares have increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $23.04.
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Associated Banc saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,270,000 shares, a drop of 17.4% from the October 31st total of 5,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,320,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 19th 2023.
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Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE:ASB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 20th. The bank reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.04. The bank earned $340.07 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $317.27 million. Associated Banc had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.85% and a net margin of 26.57%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.56 EPS.

Associated Banc declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 30th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.62%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 39.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ASB will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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219 employees have rated Associated Banc Chief Executive Officer Philip B. (Phil) Flynn on Glassdoor.com. Philip B. (Phil) Flynn has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Associated Banc investors own include Invesco (IVZ), Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), AK Steel (AKS), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Apollo Global Management (APO) and EKIMAS (ASNB).

Associated Banc trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ASB."

Associated Banc's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.41%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.18%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.03%), State Street Corp (5.37%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.45%) and LSV Asset Management (1.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Harmening, David L Stein, David L Stein, Eileen A Kamerick, John A Utz, John B Williams, John F Bergstrom, John P Hankerd, John P Thayer, Lith Karen Van, Matthew R Braeger, Michael J Haddad, Michael Meinolf, Michael T Crowley Jr, Moral-Niles Christopher Del, Nicole M Kitowski, Patrick Edward Ahern, Philip B Flynn, Tammy C Stadler, Timothy J Lau, Timothy J Lau and William R Hutchinson.
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Shares of ASB 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 ASB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.04.

Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) has a market capitalization of $3.46 billion and generates $1.13 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $350.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,003 workers across the globe.

Associated Banc's mailing address is 433 MAIN STREET, GREEN BAY WI, 54301. The official website for the company is www.associatedbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (920) 491-7500, via email at jessica.vandenheuvel@associatedbank.com, or via fax at 920-433-3261.