Patterson Companies Inc. [PDCO] stock is trading at $21.32, up 0.14%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The PDCO shares have gain 2.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.30%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Patterson Companies Inc. [NASDAQ: PDCO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 29, 2024, when Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also revised its price target to $28 from $34. Previously, Leerink Partners started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on February 26, 2024, and set its price target to $36. Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and suggested a price target of $30 on January 31, 2022. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on June 17, 2021, and upped its price target to $44. In a note dated November 10, 2020, Guggenheim downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
Patterson Companies Inc. [PDCO] stock has fluctuated between $19.89 and $32.58 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28.83 within the next 12 months. Patterson Companies Inc. [NASDAQ: PDCO] shares were valued at $21.32 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 35.23% based on the average PDCO price forecast.
Analyzing the PDCO fundamentals
Patterson Companies Inc. [NASDAQ:PDCO] reported sales of 6.53B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -2.22%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.21% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.85.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 21.06 points at the first support level, and at 20.79 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 21.49, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.66.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Patterson Companies Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.30. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.67, while the Cash Ratio is 0.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.29, the price to book ratio is 1.97 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.63.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Zurbay Donald, President & CEO, that happened on Jul 16 ’24 when 7216.0 shares were sold. President & CEO, Zurbay Donald completed a deal on Jul 03 ’24 to sell 5875.0 shares. Meanwhile, CLO & Corporate Secretary KORSH LES B sold 2842.0 shares on Jul 03 ’24.
