Currently, Paccar Inc [PCAR] is trading at $112.51, up 1.46%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PCAR shares have gain 2.23% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.59%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Paccar Inc [NASDAQ: PCAR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 14, 2025, when BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $121.50 from $116. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on December 06, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $120. On November 13, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $129 on the stock. Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Perform rating. Citigroup initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $115 as its price target on June 26, 2024. RBC Capital Mkts started tracking with a Sector Perform rating for this stock on March 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $123. In a note dated March 15, 2024, UBS upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $87.53 and a high of $122.00 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $115.75 within the next 12 months. Paccar Inc [NASDAQ: PCAR] shares were valued at $112.51 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.88% based on the average PCAR price forecast.
Analyzing the PCAR fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Paccar Inc [NASDAQ:PCAR] were 33.67B which represents -12.94% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.23, Equity is 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.49.
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 111.35 points at the first support level, and at 110.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 113.20, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 113.90.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Paccar Inc [NASDAQ:PCAR] is 1.67. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.75, the price to book ratio is 3.37 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.23.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FEIGHT R PRESTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, that happened on Nov 01 ’24 when 27191.0 shares were sold. Officer, FEIGHT R PRESTON completed a deal on Nov 01 ’24 to buy 27191.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President BANEY KEVIN D sold 9894.0 shares on Oct 28 ’24.
