Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND) reported earnings of $0.28 per share missing Walls Streets expectations.

Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND) reported Q2 2017 earnings this Afternoon, coming in at $0.28 per share, missing Wall Street’s estimates of $0.37 per Share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.26 billion missing the streets estimates of $1.31 billion

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Analyst Coverage For Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND)
These are 2 Hold Ratings .
The current consensus rating for Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND) is Hold (Score: 2.00) with a consensus target price of $16.50 , a potential (23.04% upside)

Recent Insider Trading for Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND)

  • On 5/2/2017 Harry Dochelli, Insider, sold 4,755 with an average share price of $16.94 per share and the total transaction amounting to $80,549.70.
  • On 2/27/2017 Eric A Blanchard, SVP, sold 3,900 with an average share price of $22.07 per share and the total transaction amounting to $86,073.00.
  • On 12/20/2016 Eric A Blanchard, SVP, sold 100 with an average share price of $21.99 per share and the total transaction amounting to $2,199.00.
  • On 12/6/2016 Eric A Blanchard, SVP, sold 3,900 with an average share price of $20.02 per share and the total transaction amounting to $78,078.00.
  • On 12/2/2016 Eric A Blanchard, SVP, sold 100 with an average share price of $19.99 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,999.00.
  • On 12/1/2016 Eric A Blanchard, SVP, sold 8,000 with an average share price of $19.57 per share and the total transaction amounting to $156,560.00.



Dividend History for Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND)

  • On 7/13/2017 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 4.07% with an ex dividend date of 9/14/2017 which will be payable on 9/15/2017.
  • On 5/25/2017 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 3.52% with an ex dividend date of 6/13/2017 which will be payable on 6/15/2017.
  • On 2/24/2017 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 2.57% with an ex dividend date of 3/13/2017 which will be payable on 3/15/2017.
  • On 9/30/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 2.73% with an ex dividend date of 12/13/2016 which will be payable on 12/15/2016.
  • On 7/18/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 1.73% with an ex dividend date of 9/13/2016 which will be payable on 9/15/2016.
  • On 5/27/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 1.8% with an ex dividend date of 6/13/2016 which will be payable on 6/15/2016.
  • On 2/12/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 1.99% with an ex dividend date of 3/11/2016 which will be payable on 3/15/2016.



Recent Trading for Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND)
Shares of Essendant Inc. closed the previous trading session at 13.41 down -0.42 -3.04% with 397,508 shares trading hands.

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