NYSE:ASGNASGN 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 stock has increased by 50.0% and is now trading at $59.81. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ASGN in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 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, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for ASGN.

ASGN Inc (NYSE:ASGN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.24. The business services provider earned $990.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $943.04 million. ASGN had a net margin of 4.60% and a return on equity of 18.89%. ASGN's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. View ASGN's earnings history.

8 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for ASGN's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect ASGN's stock price to reach $59.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View analysts' price targets for ASGN.

News headlines about ASGN stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ASGN earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutASGN.

ASGN saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 806,000 shares, a decline of 13.6% from the April 15th total of 932,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 452,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.75%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.73%), State Street Corp (3.12%), Capital International Investors (2.45%), Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (1.60%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.56%). Company insiders that own ASGN stock include 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 Capital International Investors, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for ASGN.

ASGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Reinhart Partners Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Morgan Stanley, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Natixis Advisors L.P., Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $59.81.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $3.14 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.

The official website for ASGN is www.asgn.com.

ASGN's mailing address is 4400 COX ROAD SUITE 110, GLEN ALLEN VA, 23060. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 888-482-8068 or via email at [email protected]