ASGN (ASGN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ASGN in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ASGN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ASGN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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11 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for ASGN's shares. Their ASGN share price targets range from $66.00 to $112.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $95.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%.
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ASGN's stock was trading at $96.17 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, ASGN shares have increased by 4.3% and is now trading at $100.30.
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ASGN saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, a decrease of 16.3% from the March 15th total of 1,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 231,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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ASGN Incorporated (NYSE:ASGN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The business services provider reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.16. The business services provider earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.04 billion. ASGN had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.52% and a net margin of 4.93%. ASGN's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.38 EPS.

ETFs with the largest weight of ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) stock in their portfolio include SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE), Thrivent Small-Mid Cap ESG ETF (TSME), Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF (NSCS), Goldman Sachs Small Cap Core Equity ETF (GSC), SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (XITK), AlphaMark Actively Managed Small Cap ETF (SMCP), Harbor Small Cap Explorer ETF (QWST) and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC).

ASGN updated its second quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.280-1.360 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.360. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion.

2 employees have rated ASGN Chief Executive Officer Ted Hanson on Glassdoor.com. Ted Hanson has an approval rating of 49% among the company's employees. This puts Ted Hanson in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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ASGN's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners LLC. (1.18%), Amalgamated Bank (0.05%) and Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward L Pierce, Edwin A Sheridan, Jennifer Hankes Painter, Jonathan S Holman, Mariel A Joliet, Mark A Frantz, Marty R Kittrell, Randolph C Blazer and Theodore S Hanson.
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Shares of ASGN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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