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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. ASGN had a return on equity of 18.88% and a net margin of 4.45%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.14 earnings per share. View ASGN's Earnings History.

ASGN is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ASGN.

ASGN issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.02-1.09 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 12-month price objectives for ASGN's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate ASGN's share price to reach $74.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for ASGN.

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.

Press coverage about ASGN stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for ASGN.

ASGN saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 821,700 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the January 15th total of 880,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 249,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View ASGN's Current Options Chain.

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ASGN's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Capital International Investors (6.02%), FMR LLC (3.67%), State Street Corp (3.05%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.67%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.56%) and Boston Partners (1.44%). 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 PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Falcon Point Capital LLC, State Street Corp, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH. View Insider Buying and Selling for ASGN.

ASGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Reinhart Partners Inc., UBS Group AG, Boston Partners and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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 $61.25.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $3.23 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]