Ardmore Shipping (ASC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ardmore Shipping in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" ASC shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Ardmore Shipping's stock. Their ASC share price targets range from $20.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price.
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Ardmore Shipping's stock was trading at $14.09 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, ASC shares have increased by 11.5% and is now trading at $15.71.
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Ardmore Shipping saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 984,300 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the March 15th total of 1,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 661,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Ardmore Shipping Co. (NYSE:ASC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 15th. The shipping company reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.02. The shipping company had revenue of $98.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $64.26 million. Ardmore Shipping had a net margin of 29.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.76%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 25.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.33 EPS.

Ardmore Shipping declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.29%. ASC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 30.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ASC will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) stock in their portfolio include Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF (FDLS) and SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT).Invesco Russell 2000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFS).

415 employees have rated Ardmore Shipping Chief Executive Officer Nick Beighton on Glassdoor.com. Nick Beighton has an approval rating of 55% among the company's employees. This puts Nick Beighton in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Ardmore Shipping's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.01%).
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