Insider Buying: ASGN (NYSE:EFOR) Director Buys $24,986.64 in Stock

ASGN Incorporated (NYSE:EFOR) Director Joseph Wendell Dyer purchased 1,112 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 29th. The shares were acquired at an average cost 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $448,343.91. This represents a 5.90% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible 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 purchased at an average price of $18.63 per share, with a total value of $50,002.92.

ASGN Trading Up 0.3%

ASGN stock opened at $21.16 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $873.48 million, a P/E ratio of 4.88 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 2.16 and a quick ratio of 2.16. ASGN Incorporated has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $60.75.

ASGN (NYSE:EFOR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by ($0.28). The firm had revenue of $968.30 million for the quarter. ASGN had a net margin of 2.46% and a return on equity of 10.30%. The business’s revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.92 EPS. ASGN has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.720-0.900 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ASGN Incorporated will post 3.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently commented on EFOR. Wall Street Zen cut ASGN from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 22nd. Truist Financial cut ASGN from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $60.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on ASGN from $62.00 to $38.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. BMO Capital Markets cut ASGN from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $33.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, Zacks Research cut ASGN from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $35.67.

Institutional Trading of ASGN

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EFOR. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in ASGN by 1,376.9% in the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 73,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,467,000 after buying an additional 68,266 shares in the last quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. increased its position in ASGN by 5.2% in the third quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 1,072,427 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,780,000 after buying an additional 53,021 shares in the last quarter. TradeLink Capital LLC purchased a new stake in ASGN in the third quarter worth about $259,000. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in ASGN in the third quarter worth about $797,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC increased its position in ASGN by 761.9% in the third quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 1,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $82,000 after buying an additional 1,539 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.36% of the company’s stock.

About ASGN

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.