NYSE:ASGN - ASGN Stock Price, Forecast & News

ASGN's stock was trading at $39.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ASGN shares have decreased by 15.6% and is now trading at $33.67. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ASGN in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for ASGN.

ASGN is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for ASGN.

ASGN Inc (NYSE:ASGN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1 billion. ASGN had a net margin of 4.45% and a return on equity of 18.88%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.14 EPS. View ASGN's earnings history.

ASGN issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.02-1.09 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $990 million to $1.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $986.11 million.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ASGN's shares. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect ASGN's stock price to reach $74.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 121.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for ASGN.

Media coverage about ASGN stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ASGN earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutASGN.

ASGN saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 911,900 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the February 27th total of 788,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 306,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View ASGN's Current Options Chain.

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

ASGN's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital International Investors (6.02%), FMR LLC (3.67%), State Street Corp (3.05%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.06%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.05%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.67%). Company insiders that own ASGN stock include Arshad Matin, Brian J Callaghan, Edward L Pierce, Edwin A Sheridan, George H Wilson, Jennifer Hankes Painter, Jeremy M Jones, Jonathan S Holman, Joseph Wendell Dyer, Peter T Dameris, Randolph C Blazer, Theodore S Hanson and William E Brock. View institutional ownership trends for ASGN.

ASGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Falcon Point Capital LLC, State Street Corp, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC, and Bank of America Corp DE. View insider buying and selling activity for ASGN.

ASGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Norges Bank, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Group Ltd., and Reinhart Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have bought ASGN stock in the last two years include Brian J Callaghan, Edwin A Sheridan, George H Wilson, Jennifer Hankes Painter, Joseph Wendell Dyer, and Peter T Dameris. View insider buying and selling activity for ASGN.

Shares of ASGN 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 ASGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.67.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion and generates $3.92 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $174.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.61 on an earnings per share basis. ASGN employs 4,300 workers across the globe. View additional information about ASGN.

The official website for ASGN is http://www.asgn.com/.

ASGN's mailing address is 26745 MALIBU HILLS ROAD, CALABASAS CA, 91301. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 818-878-7900 or via email at [email protected]