NYSE:ASGN - ASGN Stock Price, Forecast & News

ASGN's stock was trading at $39.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ASGN stock has decreased by 19.9% and is now trading at $31.94. 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 18.88% and a net margin of 4.45%. ASGN's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.14 EPS. View ASGN's earnings history.

ASGN updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ASGN's shares. 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 133.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for ASGN.

Media coverage about ASGN stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutASGN.

ASGN saw a increase in short interest during 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 trading volume, of 306,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View ASGN's Current Options Chain.

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

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

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One share of ASGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.94.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $1.69 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]