With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.43 million shares. The 52-week range on ASGN shows that it touched its highest point at $106.42 and its lowest point at $63.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $93.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.20.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ASGN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.77%, but this was down by -25.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.52% while six-month performance fell -31.95%. The stock lost -35.05% in the past year, while it has lost -21.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ASGN yields 3.84 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.95. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.35% for this year and 15.46% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.22%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 43.80 million ASGN shares are outstanding with a float of 41.97 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ASGN since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.19085 being high and $5.15092 being low. For ASGN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.1609.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded ASGN stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.
