NYSE:ASGNASGN Stock Price, Forecast & News

ASGN's stock was trading at $39.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ASGN stock has increased by 58.5% and is now trading at $63.21. 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 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for ASGN.

ASGN Inc (NYSE:ASGN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.24. The business services provider earned $990.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $943.04 million. ASGN had a net margin of 4.60% and a return on equity of 18.89%. ASGN's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. View ASGN's earnings history.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ASGN's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate ASGN's share price to reach $61.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. View analysts' price targets for ASGN.

News coverage about ASGN stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ASGN earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about ASGN.

ASGN saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 676,600 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the May 31st total of 737,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.61%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). 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, 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 Reinhart Partners Inc., and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ASGN company stock in the last year include Edwin A Sheridan, Jeremy M Jones, Jonathan S Holman, Marty R Kittrell, and Randolph C Blazer. 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 $63.21.

ASGN has a market capitalization of $3.32 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]