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Argan, Inc. (AGX)

Industrials | Engineering & Construction | Arlington, United States | NYSE
365.81 USD -22.29 (-5.743%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:45 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment case remains exceptionally strong, driven by robust fundamentals including a 39.8% return on equity and revenue growth exceeding 60% annually. The business is clearly benefiting from the data center and power construction supercycle, with analysts pricing in a significant recovery to the $570 average target. However, the short-term outlook faces headwinds as the stock trades well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, suggesting lingering technical weakness despite recent price gains. The dividend yield is modest but highly sustainable with a low payout ratio, reflecting a growth-oriented capital allocation strategy rather than a high-income play. While the statistical forecast leans slightly negative for the immediate future, the overwhelming bullishness in options flow and the superior quality of the underlying business suggest the current dip may be a buying opportunity for those with a longer horizon.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.166372
MSTL0.191163
AutoARIMA0.194251
AutoETS0.194252

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 4.34
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.084
Excess Kurtosis -1.51
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-21
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-22
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.154
Revenue per Share 85.299
Market Cap 5,132,256,256
Trailing P/E 30.69
Forward P/E 22.71
Beta 0.55
Profit Margins 15.09%
Website https://www.arganinc.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:45 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upward move, evidenced by heavy call open interest at strikes ranging from $450 to over $800, creating substantial resistance walls above the current price. Put activity is concentrated closer to the money for protection, but call volume and open interest dominate the sentiment profile, indicating a bullish bias despite elevated implied volatility on deep out-of-the-money strikes.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.08% 0.47% 1.22% 1.80%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-23 0.500 0.083015
2026-04-22 0.500 0.076725
2026-01-22 0.500 0.131454
2025-10-23 0.500 0.181081
2025-07-23 0.375 0.173451
2025-04-22 0.375 0.279830
2025-01-23 0.375 0.214384
2024-10-23 0.375 0.311126
2024-07-23 0.300 0.382360
2024-04-19 0.300 0.484496
2024-01-22 0.300 0.666223
2023-10-20 0.300 0.673854
2023-07-20 0.250 0.643832
2023-04-19 0.250 0.653766
2023-01-19 0.250 0.667913
2022-10-20 0.250 0.786658
2022-07-20 0.250 0.695410
2022-04-20 0.250 0.675858
2022-01-20 0.250 0.661726
2021-10-20 0.250 0.559785
2021-07-21 0.250 0.559409
2021-04-21 0.250 0.477555
2020-12-18 1.250 2.788934
2020-10-21 0.250 0.613949
2020-07-22 1.250 2.722718
2020-04-21 0.250 0.672947
2020-01-22 0.250 0.591017
2019-10-22 0.250 0.643998
2019-07-22 0.250 0.615309
2019-04-18 0.250 0.499800
2019-01-23 0.250 0.613497
2018-10-23 0.250 0.579643
2018-07-23 0.250 0.653595
2018-04-20 0.250 0.673854
2017-10-19 1.000 1.501502
2016-10-14 1.000 1.820168
2015-10-13 0.700 1.984690
2014-10-10 0.700 2.274943
2013-10-10 0.750 3.537736
2012-10-09 0.600 3.533569
2011-10-27 0.500 3.521127
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.72
exDividendDate 2026-10-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.005153311
lastDividendValue 0.5
lastDividendDate 2026-07-23
dividendDate 2026-10-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.23421848
Address1 4,075 Wilson Boulevard
Address2 Suite 440
All Time High 805.75
All Time Low 0.234375
Ask 374.9
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 306,620
Average Daily Volume3 Month 362,364
Average Volume 362,364
Average Volume10Days 306,620
Beta 0.554
Bid 356.79
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 3
Book Value 36.118
City Arlington
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 365.81
Current Ratio 1.501
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 389.03
Day Low 359.29
Debt To Equity 2.154
Display Name Argan
Dividend Date 1,793,318,400
Dividend Yield 0.72
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,382,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,382,800
Earnings Growth 0.504
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.511
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,379,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,379,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,379,200
Ebitda 185,044,000
Ebitda Margins 0.15574001
Enterprise To Ebitda 22.236
Enterprise To Revenue 3.463
Enterprise Value 4,114,725,376
Eps Current Year 13.26951
Eps Forward 16.10729
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 11.92
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,792,627,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 301 315 0064
Fifty Day Average 442.7496
Fifty Day Average Change -76.939606
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.17377679
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.421848
Fifty Two Week High 805.75
Fifty Two Week High Change -439.94
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5460006
Fifty Two Week Low 257.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 108.19
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.41995963
Fifty Two Week Range 257.62 - 805.75
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 808,752,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.95
Float Shares 13,777,726
Forward Eps 16.10729
Forward P E 22.710835
Free Cashflow 467,822,016
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,409
Fullday Change -7.799988
Fullday Change Percent -2.132251
Fullday Price 358.01
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.20711
Gross Profits 246,080,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04109
Held Percent Institutions 1.1199
Implied Shares Outstanding 14,029,842
Industry Engineering & Construction
Industry Disp Engineering & Construction
Industry Key engineering-construction
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,784,764,800
Last Dividend Value 0.5
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Last Split Date 1,002,585,600
Last Split Factor 1:15
Long Business Summary Argan, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, maintenance, project development, and technical consulting services to the power generation market in the United States, Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Power, Industrial, and Teledata. Its Power segment offers engineering, procurement, and construction, as well as designing, building, and commissioning of large-scale energy projects; and design, construction, project management, start-up, and operation, as well as provides technical consulting services; and turbine, boiler, and large rotating equipment. This segment serves independent power producers, public utilities, power plant equipment suppliers, and other commercial firms. The company's Industrial segment provides field services that support new plant construction and additions; maintenance turnarounds; shutdowns and emergency mobilizations for industrial plants; and fabricates, delivers, and installation of metal components, such as piping systems and pressure vessels. Its Teledata segment offers trenchless directional boring and excavation for underground communication and power networks; aerial cabling; high and low voltage electric lines; and private area outdoor lighting systems, as well as installs buried cable. It also provides structured cabling, terminations, and connectivity that offers the physical transport for high-speed data, voice, video, and security networks; and utility construction services and comprehensive technology wiring solutions. This segment serves electricity cooperative, state and federal government agencies, counties and municipalities, and technology-oriented government contracting firms, as well as customers in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Argan, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Long Name Argan, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,132,256,256
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_298718
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 179,314,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,252,772,844
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 382.3
Operating Cashflow 555,177,024
Operating Margins 0.14794
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.15810001
Phone 301 315 0027
Pre Market Change -7.819977
Pre Market Change Percent -2.1375988
Pre Market Price 358.01
Pre Market Time 1,792,051,505
Previous Close 388.1
Price Eps Current Year 27.567709
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 10.128191
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.3195972
Profit Margins 0.15092
Quick Ratio 1.458
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -22.29
Regular Market Change Percent -5.74337
Regular Market Day High 389.03
Regular Market Day Low 359.29
Regular Market Day Range 359.29 - 389.03
Regular Market Open 382.3
Regular Market Previous Close 388.1
Regular Market Price 365.81
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,003
Regular Market Volume 374,664
Return On Assets 0.0999
Return On Equity 0.39847
Revenue Growth 0.615
Revenue Per Share 85.299
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1570785
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 14,029,842
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0877
Shares Short 1,230,516
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,069,740
Short Name Argan, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.090100005
Short Ratio 2.73
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol AGX
Target High Price 785.0
Target Low Price 273.0
Target Mean Price 570.5
Target Median Price 582.5
Total Cash 1,028,446,016
Total Cash Per Share 73.304
Total Debt 10,915,000
Total Revenue 1,188,132,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.005153311
Trailing Eps 11.92
Trailing P E 30.688759
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 519.4364
Two Hundred Day Average Change -153.6264
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.29575595
Type Disp Equity
Volume 374,664
Website https://www.arganinc.com
Zip 22,203