H&E Equipment Services Inc (NASDAQ: HEES): Is It A Buying Opportunity Again?

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

HEES belongs to the Industrials sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Rental & Leasing Services industry. The current market capitalization of H&E Equipment Services Inc is $3.45B. A total of 0.99 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 981.17K shares.

Insider Activity

Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, HEES has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 0 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 0 shares during that period but sold 0.

In the most recent transaction, Barber Bradley W sold 12,425 shares of HEES for 63.44 per share on Mar 26 ’24. After the transaction, the CEO now owns 196,653 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 22 ’24, Barber Bradley W sold 11,483 shares at 63.42 per share. HEES shares that CEO owns now total 210,170.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Barber Bradley W disposed of 1,092 shares on Mar 25 ’24 at a per-share price of $63.42. This resulted in the CEO holding 209,078 shares of HEES after the transaction. In another insider transaction, KARLSON LAWRENCE C sold 8,225 shares at $60.98 per share on Mar 21 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 47,172.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. H&E Equipment Services Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.10, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.17%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.93. HEES’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.26% when it declared a $0.2750 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/18/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/29/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 2%. The HEES stock dividend was $0.2750 per share in cash.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for HEES in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $85.00 with high estimates of $92.00 and low estimates of $78.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, HEES has a high of $101.28 and a low of $40.92.

As of this writing, HEES has an earnings estimate of $0.66 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 2.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.69 per share and a lower estimate of $0.63.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. HEES’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $357.30M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.40B in debt and $176.33M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $17.01, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $303.38M.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for HEES is Buy with a score of 3.00.

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