NYSE:ASGN - ASGN Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ASGN Inc (NYSE:ASGN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.08. The business services provider earned $1 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $998.20 million. ASGN had a return on equity of 19.01% and a net margin of 4.74%. ASGN's quarterly revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.30 EPS. View ASGN's Earnings History.

ASGN is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ASGN.

6 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for ASGN's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate ASGN's stock price to reach $73.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for ASGN.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ASGN in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ASGN.

Headlines about ASGN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. ASGN earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for ASGN.

ASGN saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 880,300 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the December 15th total of 803,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 257,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View ASGN's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ASGN include Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half International (RHI), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Korn Ferry (KFY), Wageworks (WAGE), Trueblue (TBI), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), GP Strategies (GPX) and Hudson Global (HSON).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ASGN investors own include Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Align Technology (ALGN), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Paypal (PYPL) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

ASGN's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.94%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.65%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.32%), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.16%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.12%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%). 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, Marty R Kittrell, 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 Falcon Point Capital LLC, AMI Asset Management Corp, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for ASGN.

ASGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., Strs Ohio, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. and State of Michigan Retirement System. 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 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 $69.33.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $3.66 billion and generates $3.40 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $157.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 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]