NYSE:CAI - CAI International Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

CAI International declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Monday, October 8th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 3,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

CAI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The transportation company reported ($0.40) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $1.12. The transportation company had revenue of $107.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $108.04 million. CAI International had a return on equity of 11.43% and a net margin of 9.68%. CAI International's quarterly revenue was down 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.03 earnings per share. View CAI International's Earnings History.

CAI International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CAI International.

3 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for CAI International's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect CAI International's stock price to reach $26.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for CAI International.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CAI International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CAI International.

Media coverage about CAI stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CAI International earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for CAI International.

CAI International saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 574,400 shares, a decrease of 15.9% from the December 31st total of 683,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 114,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View CAI International's Current Options Chain.

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CAI International's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.56%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.35%), Legacy Capital Partners Inc. (0.13%) and SG Americas Securities LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own CAI International stock include Andrew Ogawa, Gary Sawka, Ogawa Family Trust and Victor Garcia. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CAI International.

CAI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for CAI International.

CAI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Legacy Capital Partners Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for CAI International.

Shares of CAI 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 CAI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.74.

CAI International has a market capitalization of $483.51 million and generates $432.10 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $78.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.64 on an earnings per share basis. CAI International employs 261 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CAI International.

The official website for CAI International is http://www.capps.com/.

CAI International's mailing address is Steuart Tower 1 Market Plaza Suite 900, San Francisco CA, 94105. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 415-788-0100.