Joseph Wendell Dyer Acquires 1,112 Shares of ASGN (NYSE:EFOR) Stock

ASGN Incorporated (NYSE:EFOR) Director Joseph Wendell Dyer acquired 1,112 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 29th. The shares were bought at an average price of $22.47 per share, for a total transaction of $24,986.64. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 19,953 shares in the company, valued at approximately $448,343.91. This trade represents a 5.90% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Joseph Wendell Dyer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, April 24th, Joseph Wendell Dyer acquired 2,684 shares of ASGN stock. The shares were bought at an average price of $18.63 per share, for a total transaction of $50,002.92.

ASGN Trading Down 7.6%

Shares of EFOR stock opened at $21.18 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $874.31 million, a PE ratio of 5.31 and a beta of 0.89. ASGN Incorporated has a 1-year low of $18.50 and a 1-year high of $60.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.16.

ASGN (NYSE:EFOR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.28). The company had revenue of $968.30 million for the quarter. ASGN had a return on equity of 10.30% and a net margin of 2.46%.ASGN’s revenue for the quarter was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.92 EPS. ASGN has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.720-0.900 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that ASGN Incorporated will post 3.39 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of ASGN

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in ASGN by 68.9% during the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 68,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,647,000 after purchasing an additional 27,903 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in ASGN by 106.4% during the 4th quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 62,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,032,000 after purchasing an additional 32,437 shares in the last quarter. New South Capital Management Inc. grew its position in ASGN by 39.2% in the fourth quarter. New South Capital Management Inc. now owns 635,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,588,000 after acquiring an additional 178,895 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its position in ASGN by 190.8% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,000 after acquiring an additional 912 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Reinhart Partners LLC. grew its position in ASGN by 12.5% in the fourth quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 1,206,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,139,000 after acquiring an additional 134,513 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.36% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

EFOR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of ASGN from $54.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of ASGN in a report on Monday, April 20th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on shares of ASGN from $62.00 to $38.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of ASGN from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial downgraded shares of ASGN from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $60.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $35.67.

ASGN Company Profile

ASGN is a provider of professional services that connects skilled talent with organizations seeking technology, digital, creative and engineering expertise. The firm focuses on staffing and workforce solutions, delivering contract and permanent placement services as well as project-based consulting and managed services to support clients’ technical and operational needs.

Its offerings commonly include IT consulting, digital transformation support, application development and maintenance, data and analytics, cybersecurity, cloud services and engineering resources.