Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) is 14.52% higher 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 continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WOOF stock was last observed hovering at around $3.24 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.94%.
Currently trading at $4.18, the stock is 38.41% and 34.43% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 15.22 million and changing 29.01% at the moment leaves the stock 17.44% off its SMA200. WOOF registered 9.71% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 14.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.1095 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.55925.
The stock witnessed a 58.94% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 35.28%, and is 47.70% 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 12.29% over the week and 6.37% over the month.
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) has around 29000 employees, a market worth around $1.17B and $6.08B in sales. Fwd P/E is 26.64. Profit margin for the company is -1.10%. Distance from 52-week low is 87.44% and -33.55% 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
264.0 institutions hold shares in Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF), with institutional investors hold 134.47% 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 128.21% 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
Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 31 ’25 that Anderson Joel D (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 849,541 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 31 ’25 and was made at $3.03 per share for $2.57 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.85 million shares of the WOOF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 28 ’25, Anderson Joel D (Chief Executive Officer) acquired 736,547 shares at an average price of $2.91 for $2.14 million. The insider now directly holds 736,547 shares of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF).
