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 (WHO). Since then, ASGN stock has increased by 54.5% and is now trading at $61.59. 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 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for ASGN.

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

8 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for ASGN's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate ASGN's stock price to reach $59.43 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View analysts' price targets for ASGN.

Headlines about ASGN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 2.0 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutASGN.

ASGN saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 806,000 shares, a decrease of 13.6% from the April 15th total of 932,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 452,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 BlackRock Inc. (11.75%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.73%), State Street Corp (3.12%), Capital International Investors (2.45%), Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (1.60%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.56%). 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, 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 Capital International Investors, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for ASGN.

ASGN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Reinhart Partners Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Natixis Advisors L.P., and Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.. 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 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 $61.59.

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.

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]