Is that what Sustainable Earning stands for?: Argan, Inc (AGX)

Argan, Inc [AGX] stock is trading at $127.48, up 2.62%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AGX shares have lost -5.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.52%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Argan, Inc [NYSE: AGX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 28, 2025, when Lake Street upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $150 for it. Previously, Lake Street downgraded its rating to Hold on December 03, 2024, and elevated its price target to $150. On September 22, 2020, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Market Outperform. Lake Street upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $56 on March 28, 2018. Lake Street downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $56 on December 07, 2017. Lake Street reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on June 08, 2017, and upped its price target to $71. In a note dated December 08, 2016, Avondale downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock.

Argan, Inc [AGX] stock has fluctuated between $48.85 and $191.46 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $85 within the next 12 months. Argan, Inc [NYSE: AGX] shares were valued at $127.48 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -33.32% based on the average AGX price forecast.

Analyzing the AGX fundamentals

Argan, Inc [NYSE:AGX] reported sales of 874.18M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 41.28%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.25. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 122.50 points at the first support level, and at 117.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 134.27, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 141.07.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Argan, Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.63. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.63, while the Cash Ratio is 0.3. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.98, the price to book ratio is 4.94 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.87.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Flanders Cynthia, Director, that happened on Apr 02 ’25 when 4092.0 shares were sold. Director, BOSSELMANN RAINER H completed a deal on Apr 01 ’25 to sell 25000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Rainer H Bosselmann bought 25000.0 shares on Jan 22 ’25.

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