Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) is -9.73% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.23 and a high of $6.29 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 WOOF stock was last observed hovering at around $3.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.1%.
Currently trading at $2.97, the stock is 6.22% and -4.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.66 million and changing -3.26% at the moment leaves the stock -17.62% off its SMA200. WOOF registered -22.05% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -28.61%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.0965 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.60515.
The stock witnessed a 9.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.62%, and is -3.57% 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 3.56% over the week and 4.90% over the month.
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) has around 29000 employees, a market worth around $828.59M and $6.08B in sales. Fwd P/E is 18.93. Profit margin for the company is -1.10%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.18% and -52.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 196.86% this year.
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) Top Institutional Holders
260.0 institutions hold shares in Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF), with institutional investors hold 134.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 240.83M, and float is at 134.54M with Short Float at 16.79%. Institutions hold 128.15% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CVC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS II LTD. with over 145.92 million shares valued at $551.59 million. The investor’s holdings represent 53.4376% of the WOOF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD with 59.77 million shares valued at $225.91 million to account for 21.8861 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 8.85 million shares representing 3.2396% and valued at over $33.44 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 3.2236 of the shares totaling 8.8 million with a market value of $33.27 million.
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Anderson Joel D,the company’sChief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Anderson Joel D bought 849,541 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 31 ’25 at a price of $3.03 per share for a total of $2.57 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.85 million shares.
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 28 ’25 that Anderson Joel D (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 736,547 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 28 ’25 and was made at $2.91 per share for $2.14 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.74 million shares of the WOOF stock.
