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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. ASGN had a net margin of 4.45% and a return on equity of 18.88%. ASGN's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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 updated 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 EPS 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 brokerages have issued 1 year 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.8% 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.

Media coverage about ASGN stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for ASGN.

ASGN saw a drop in short interest in 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 daily volume of 249,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View ASGN's Current Options Chain.

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ASGN's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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, 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 acquired 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 $55.26.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $2.92 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]