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

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock was trading at $37.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RBA stock has increased by 8.7% and is now trading at $40.46. 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) issued its 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 analysts' expectations of $302.20 million. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers had a net margin of 11.93% and a return on equity of 17.51%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.17 earnings per share. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' earnings history.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 26th. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' shares. 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 4.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Media stories about RBA stock have been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive 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. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 763,900 shares, a drop of 48.4% from the May 31st total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 711,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the 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."

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 $40.46.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has a market capitalization of $4.38 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]