Paccar Inc (NASDAQ: PCAR) is -16.94% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $86.12 and a high of $119.76 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 PCAR stock was last observed hovering at around $88.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.74%.
Currently trading at $86.40, the stock is -10.99% and -16.05% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.34 million and changing -1.97% at the moment leaves the stock -15.33% off its SMA200. PCAR registered -27.27% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -14.05%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $102.9146 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $103.8789.
The stock witnessed a -21.85% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.43%, and is -12.10% down 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 5.46% over the week and 3.08% over the month.
Paccar Inc (PCAR) has around 30100 employees, a market worth around $45.35B and $33.65B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.93 and Fwd P/E is 10.31. Profit margin for the company is 12.37%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.32% and -27.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.23%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -9.18% this year.
Paccar Inc (PCAR) Top Institutional Holders
1409.0 institutions hold shares in Paccar Inc (PCAR), with institutional investors hold 74.39% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 524.40M, and float is at 515.43M with Short Float at 1.93%. Institutions hold 72.99% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 61.89 million shares valued at $6.37 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7899% of the PCAR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 35.88 million shares valued at $3.69 billion to account for 6.8311 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 22.35 million shares representing 4.2552% and valued at over $2.3 billion, while FMR LLC holds 2.4061 of the shares totaling 12.64 million with a market value of $1.3 billion.
Paccar Inc (PCAR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WALTON MICHAEL K, the company’s VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL. SEC filings show that WALTON MICHAEL K sold 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 19 ’25 at a price of $106.13 per share for a total of $0.64 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 951.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, SCHIPPERS HARRIE (PRESIDENT & CFO) disposed off 28,676 shares at an average price of $105.97 for $3.04 million. The insider now directly holds 114,659 shares of Paccar Inc (PCAR).
