Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ: PDCO) is -24.57% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $19.45 and a high of $32.56 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PDCO stock was last observed hovering at around $21.49 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.03%.
Currently trading at $21.46, the stock is 3.16% and 2.29% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.92 million and changing -0.14% at the moment leaves the stock -10.92% off its SMA200. PDCO registered -31.72% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.36%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $20.9796 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $24.0904.
The stock witnessed a 1.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.47%, and is 6.98% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.55% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO) has around 7600 employees, a market worth around $1.89B and $6.53B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.71 and Fwd P/E is 8.52. Profit margin for the company is 2.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.35% and -34.08% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.26%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 0.82% this year
390.0 institutions hold shares in Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO), with institutional investors hold 91.26% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 89.70M, and float is at 77.77M with Short Float at 3.84%. Institutions hold 90.28% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 12.88 million shares valued at $310.67 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.8543 of the PDCO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.42 million shares valued at $227.22 million to account for 10.1329 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 3.92 million shares representing 4.2114 and valued at over $94.44 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.4717 of the shares totaling 3.23 million with a market value of $77.85 million.
Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Zurbay Donald, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Zurbay Donald sold 7,216 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 16 ’24 at a price of $24.99 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.
Patterson Companies Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 03 ’24 that Zurbay Donald (President & CEO) sold a total of 5,875 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 03 ’24 and was made at $23.71 per share for $0.14 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.24 million shares of the PDCO stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 03 ’24, KORSH LES B (CLO & Corporate Secretary) disposed off 2,842 shares at an average price of $23.71 for $67398.0. The insider now directly holds 103,765 shares of Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO).
