Aarons Company Inc (NYSE: AAN) is -7.81% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.62 and a high of $11.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AAN stock was last observed hovering at around $10.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.03%.
Currently trading at $10.03, the stock is -0.20% and -0.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing -0.30% at the moment leaves the stock 9.02% off its SMA200. AAN registered -4.11% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 42.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.0308 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $9.1977.
The stock witnessed a -0.50% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.80%, and is -0.20% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 0.28% over the week and 0.45% over the month.
Aarons Company Inc (AAN) has around 9071 employees, a market worth around $316.45M and $2.07B in sales. Fwd P/E is 17.30. Profit margin for the company is -2.06%. Distance from 52-week low is 51.46% and -15.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.16%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -99.96% this year
194.0 institutions hold shares in Aarons Company Inc (AAN), with institutional investors hold 91.93% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 30.36M, and float is at 30.27M with Short Float at 13.11%. Institutions hold 87.72% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.51 million shares valued at $35.08 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5039 of the AAN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 1.73 million shares valued at $17.3 million to account for 5.6729 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 1.61 million shares representing 5.2538 and valued at over $16.02 million, while FIL LTD holds 4.0096 of the shares totaling 1.23 million with a market value of $12.23 million.
Aarons Company Inc (AAN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by George Rachel G, the company’s EVP, Gen Counsel/Corp Sec. SEC filings show that George Rachel G bought 500 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 08 ’24 at a price of $8.48 per share for a total of $4240.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 71384.0 shares.
Aarons Company Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 08 ’24 that George Rachel G (EVP, Gen Counsel/Corp Sec) bought a total of 500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 08 ’24 and was made at $9.25 per share for $4625.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 46549.0 shares of the AAN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’23, Olsen Stephen W (President) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $11.08 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 94,885 shares of Aarons Company Inc (AAN).
