Argan, Inc (NYSE: AGX) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -3.10 compared to its previous closing price of 212.82. However, the company has seen a fall of -8.06% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-06-17 that ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Argan, Inc. (NYSE: AGX) (“Argan” or the “Company”) today announces that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.375 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable on July 31, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 23, 2025. David Watson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Argan commented, “Argan has paid dividends consistently since 2011 and has returned over $21.
Is It Worth Investing in Argan, Inc (NYSE: AGX) Right Now?
Argan, Inc (NYSE: AGX) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 28.95x compared to its average ratio. AGX has 36-month beta value of 0.54. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AGX is 12.98M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.86% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AGX on June 19, 2025 was 439.67K shares.
AGX’s Market Performance
The stock of Argan, Inc (AGX) has seen a -8.06% decrease in the past week, with a 9.12% rise in the past month, and a 69.24% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.48%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.11% for AGX. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -3.76% for AGX’s stock, with a 43.54% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AGX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AGX stocks, with Lake Street repeating the rating for AGX by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for AGX in the upcoming period, according to Lake Street is $150 based on the research report published on March 28, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Lake Street, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AGX reach a price target of $150, previously predicting the price at $85. The rating they have provided for AGX stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on December 03rd, 2024.
AGX Trading at 14.12% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AGX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -16.37% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AGX starting from Flanders Cynthia, who sale 15,000 shares at the price of $220.47 back on Jun 12 ’25. After this action, Flanders Cynthia now owns 33,428 shares of Argan, Inc, valued at $3,307,050 using the latest closing price.
Flanders Cynthia, the Officer of Argan, Inc, proposed sale 15,000 shares at $200.00 during a trade that took place back on Jun 12 ’25, which means that Flanders Cynthia is holding shares at $3,000,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AGX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.16 for the gross margin
The net margin for Argan, Inc stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.25. Equity return is now at value 30.48, with 14.14 for asset returns.
Based on Argan, Inc (AGX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 61.84.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 88.19 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.6. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.05. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.97for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.05. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.75.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Argan, Inc (AGX) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
