NYSE:CURO - Curo Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Curo Group's stock was trading at $7.57 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CURO shares have decreased by 30.5% and is now trading at $5.26. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Curo Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Curo Group.

Curo Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Curo Group.

Curo Group Holdings Corp (NYSE:CURO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75. The firm earned $302.29 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $307.73 million. Curo Group had a net margin of 9.71% and a return on equity of 271.21%. View Curo Group's earnings history.

Curo Group announced a -- dividend on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.055 per share on Monday, March 2nd. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. View Curo Group's dividend history.

Curo Group updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.10-3.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.165-1.195 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.21 billion.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Curo Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Curo Group's share price to reach $18.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 248.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Curo Group.

Headlines about CURO stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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. Curo Group earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutCuro Group.

Curo Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,538,700 shares, an increase of 23.1% from the February 27th total of 1,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 423,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 10.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Curo Group's Current Options Chain.

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(CURO) raised $100 million in an IPO on Thursday, December 7th 2017. The company issued 6,700,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Stephens acted as the underwriters for the IPO and William Blair and Janney Montgomery Scott were co-managers.

Curo Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CURO."

Curo Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Empyrean Capital Partners LP (2.63%), Glendon Capital Management LP (1.20%), State Street Corp (0.77%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.66%), Osborn Williams & Donohoe LLC (0.54%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.53%). Company insiders that own Curo Group stock include David Strano, Donald Gayhardt, Eugene Vin Iv Thomas, Fleischer & Lowe Gp I Friedman, Roger W Dean, Terry Gene Pittman and William C Baker. View institutional ownership trends for Curo Group.

CURO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., Empyrean Capital Partners LP, Glendon Capital Management LP, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Zazove Associates LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Blair William & Co. IL. Company insiders that have sold Curo Group company stock in the last year include David Strano, Donald Gayhardt, Eugene Vin Iv Thomas, Fleischer & Lowe Gp I Friedman, and Terry Gene Pittman. View insider buying and selling activity for Curo Group.

CURO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Cadence Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., and First Quadrant L P CA. View insider buying and selling activity for Curo Group.

Shares of CURO 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 CURO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.26.

Curo Group has a market capitalization of $218.24 million and generates $1.14 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $111.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis. Curo Group employs 4,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Curo Group.

The official website for Curo Group is http://www.curo.com/.

Curo Group's mailing address is 3527 NORTH RIDGE ROAD, WICHITA KS, 67205. The company can be reached via phone at 316-772-3801 or via email at [email protected]