NYSE:RBARitchie Bros. Auctioneers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock was trading at $37.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RBA stock has increased by 11.2% and is now trading at $41.41. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc (NYSE:RBA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The business services provider reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $273.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $302.20 million. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers had a net margin of 11.93% and a return on equity of 17.51%. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers's revenue for the quarter was down 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.17 earnings per share. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' earnings history.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 26th. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' share price to reach $42.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Press coverage about RBA stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 853,500 shares, an increase of 11.7% from the June 15th total of 763,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 599,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Current Options Chain.

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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RBA."

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.24%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.25%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers stock include Darren Jeffrey Watt, Edward Baltazar Pitoniak, James J Jeter, Karl William Werner, Kieran Colquhoun Holm and Todd Donald Wohler. View institutional ownership trends for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

RBA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carroll Financial Associates Inc., and Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers company stock in the last year include Darren Jeffrey Watt, James J Jeter, Karl William Werner, Kieran Colquhoun Holm, and Todd Donald Wohler. View insider buying and selling activity for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

RBA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Shares of RBA 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 RBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.41.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has a market capitalization of $4.48 billion and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $149.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.33 on an earnings per share basis. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers employs 2,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is www.rbauction.com.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' mailing address is 9500 GLENLYON PARKWAY, BURNABY A1, V5J 0C6. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 778-331-5500 or via email at [email protected]