NYSE:ASC - Ardmore Shipping Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ardmore Shipping trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ASC."

Ardmore Shipping announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View Ardmore Shipping's Dividend History.

Ardmore Shipping Corp (NYSE:ASC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 11th. The shipping company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.03. The shipping company had revenue of $38.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.91 million. Ardmore Shipping had a negative return on equity of 2.78% and a negative net margin of 9.94%. View Ardmore Shipping's Earnings History.

Ardmore Shipping is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ardmore Shipping.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Ardmore Shipping's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $9.50. On average, they anticipate Ardmore Shipping's share price to reach $8.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ardmore Shipping.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ardmore Shipping in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ardmore Shipping.

Media headlines about ASC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ardmore Shipping earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the shipping company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ardmore Shipping.

Ardmore Shipping saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 259,100 shares, a decrease of 33.7% from the January 15th total of 390,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 249,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Ardmore Shipping's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ardmore Shipping include Seacor (CKH), DHT (DHT), PAC BASIN SHIPP/ADR (PCFBY), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Dorian LPG (LPG), Navigator (NVGS), DryShips (DRYS), Teekay (TK), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), TSAKOS ENERGY N/SH (TNP), Scorpio Bulkers (SALT), Diana Shipping (DSX), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Capital Product Partners (CPLP) and SEACOR Marine (SMHI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ardmore Shipping investors own include Petra Diamonds (PDL), Intelsat (I), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Ciena (CIEN), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Bank of America (BAC), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) and Ford Motor (F).

Ardmore Shipping's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (9.41%), Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (6.09%), Royce & Associates LP (4.58%), FMR LLC (4.41%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.74%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.54%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ardmore Shipping.

ASC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Boston Partners, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd and Franklin Resources Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ardmore Shipping.

ASC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC, Signia Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., EAM Investors LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, EAM Global Investors LLC, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ardmore Shipping.

Shares of ASC 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 ASC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.73.

Ardmore Shipping has a market capitalization of $222.76 million and generates $230.04 million in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $-22,860,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.28) on an earnings per share basis. Ardmore Shipping employs 1,128 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ardmore Shipping.

The official website for Ardmore Shipping is http://ardmoreshipping.com/.

Ardmore Shipping's mailing address is Belvedere Building 69 Pitts Bay Road Ground Floor, Pembroke D0, HM08. The shipping company can be reached via phone at 441-405-7800 or via email at [email protected]