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
AGX belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Engineering & Construction industry. The current market capitalization of Argan, Inc is $1.78B. A total of 0.74 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 433.48K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Rainer H Bosselmann bought 25,000 shares of AGX for 184.00 per share on Jan 22 ’25. In a previous transaction on Jan 21 ’25, Leimkuhler William F. bought 4,500 shares at 180.11 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Getsinger Peter W disposed of 7,385 shares on Jan 14 ’25 at a per-share price of $165.29. This resulted in the Director holding 11,792 shares of AGX after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Getsinger Peter W sold 800 shares at $155.24 per share on Jan 10 ’25. Company shares held by the Director now total 19,177.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Argan, Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.35, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.03%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.48. AGX’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1% when it declared a $0.3750 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/23/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/23/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.58%. The AGX stock dividend was $0.3750 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. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AGX has a high of $191.46 and a low of $48.85.
As of this writing, AGX has an earnings estimate of $1.09 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 2.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.11 per share and a lower estimate of $1.07.
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. AGX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $440.50M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $1.37M in debt and $223.03M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $25.81, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $325.60M.
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 AGX is Buy with a score of 4.00.
