07 February 2017

Stock Highlights: Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII)

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII) traded with the volume of 1.5 Million in the previous trading session. The Stock opened its session at $8.8 and closed at $8.74 by showing increase of 0.58 percent. Rent-A-Center, Inc. has 1 year price target of $9.67. The stock gained a consensus recommendation of 3 on Zacks Investment Research where the scale runs from 1 to 5, 1 representing Strong buy and 5 showing Strong Sell.  The company reported its last quarter on Sep 16.


On Sep 16 Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII) reported its EPS in the last quarter as $0.11/Share beating the analyst estimate of $0.09/Share by the difference of $0.02. This showed the surprise of 22.2% in the last quarter earnings. For the Current Quarter, 7 analysts are projecting the mean EPS to be $0.16/share. According to their observations and findings, the stock could provide a high EPS of $0.29/share and a Low EPS of $-0.02/share.

The 5 analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for Rent-A-Center Inc have a median target of 10.00, with a high estimate of 12.00 and a low estimate of 8.00. The median estimate represents a +14.42% increase from the last price of 8.74. (CNN MONEY)

Many Analysts provided their foresight on Revenue Estimates of Rent-A-Center, Inc. where they believe that the company has the potential to earn average revenue of $686.47 Million for the current quarter. According to their predictions High & Low revenue estimates are 700.67 Million and 667 Million respectively.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII) topped its 52-week high price of $16.37 on Mar 21, 2016 and 52-Week Low Price of $7.76 on Jan 27, 2017. The Stock currently has the market capitalization of $461.91 Million, P/E (price to earnings ttm) of 0 and Weekly volatility of 6.06% and monthly volatility of 5.84% respectively.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. is currently showing -60.6% EPS growth this year. The Next Year EPS growth is -8.8%, Long term annual growth estimate of 5%, Annual EPS growth past 5 years of -17.77 percent. The Company currently has Insider ownership of 2.66 Percent and Institutional Ownership of 0 Percent. The Return on Assets stands at -47.9%, Return on Equity shows -176.6% and Return on Investment value is -57.3%.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. Gross Margin percentage stands at 65.7% while its Operating Margin for trailing twelve month is -33.5 percent and Profit margin (ttm) is -28.4 Percent. The stock is currently moving above its 20-Day Simple Moving Average of -18.82% with the 50-Day Simple Moving Average of -18.82 percent. Currently, the company has SMA200 (200-day simple moving average) of -25.73 Percent. The Stock has YTD (year to date) performance of -21.75 percent.

Many research firms have provided their ratings on Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCII) where Loop Capital provided Hold rating on the stock on 13-Dec-16. Other firms include Raymond James giving Mkt Perform rating on 6-Dec-16.

In the past 6 months, 1 Insider purchases and 2 Insider Sales were made in which 5000 shares were traded as Insider purchases and 162510 shares were exchanged as Insider Sales.

Company Profile:

Rent-A-Center operates company owned rent-to-own stores which offer high-quality, durable goods such as consumer electronics, appliances, furniture and accessories to consumers under flexible rental purchase arrangements that allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed-upon rental period. ColorTyme, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is a national franchisor of rent-to-own stores,  which operate under the trade name of “ColorTyme,” and under the “Rent-A-Center” name. (Press Release)
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