What Happened?

Shares of IT services provider ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) fell 15.3% in the afternoon session after the company reported weak first quarter 2025 results: EPS, EBITDA, and the outlook for all key financial metrics fell short. Sales were down nearly 8% year on year. Assignment work fell hard, and several commercial sectors just didn't hold up. Overall, this was a weaker quarter.

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What The Market Is Telling Us

ASGN’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 9 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for ASGN and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

ASGN is down 39.1% since the beginning of the year, and at $50.47 per share, it is trading 51.5% below its 52-week high of $104.07 from July 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of ASGN’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,284.

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