NYSE:RBA - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Dividend History.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc (NYSE:RBA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The business services provider reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $289.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.55 million. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers had a return on equity of 15.88% and a net margin of 9.90%. The firm's revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.18 EPS. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Earnings History.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $43.50. On average, they anticipate Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock price to reach $37.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Media stories about RBA stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 770,700 shares, an increase of 58.4% from the January 30th total of 486,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 385,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Current Options Chain.

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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.82%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.50%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (5.65%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (3.59%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (3.40%) and William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.33%). Company insiders that own Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers stock include Darren Jeffrey Watt, Edward Baltazar Pitoniak, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Fiera Capital Corp, Royce & Associates LP, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co. and Marshall Wace LLP. Company insiders that have sold Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers company stock in the last year include Darren Jeffrey Watt and Todd Donald Wohler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

RBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC and Spark Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $40.46.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has a market capitalization of $4.42 billion and generates $1.17 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $121.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers employs 2,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

The official website for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is http://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]