Pets at Home Group (PETS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are the UK’s leading pet care business, providing pet owners with everything they need to be able to look after their pet – from food, toys and bedding, and grooming services, right the way through to first opinion veterinary care. Our stores represent a unique environment and provide a practical, fun and unique experience for pet owners. We’ll help owners select the right food for their pet with nutrition consultations, help test the water is safe for their fish tank before new fish are introduced, and help socialise a new puppy with socilaisation and training classes - and much more. We’re also online and our customers can order their pet products for home delivery or collect in store. Because we are a specialist pet care business everything we sell is tested specifically for pets, which is something we believe makes us unique, giving the customer peace of mind that they are buying a quality item which has been responsibly sourced and tested and is specific to an animal. When we sell a pet to a new owner we use our unique Pet Pad process which ensures a perspective owner understands the welfare needs of their pet to be, asking customers to sign to say they have understood how to look after their new family addition. Our in store and stand-alone veterinary practices provide full veterinary care from preventative healthcare including health checks and vaccinations right through to digital x ray and operating theatres.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 265.20 to 273
• 50-Day Range: 203.13 to 271.06
• 52-Week Range: 167.20 to 276.20
• Volume: 44.98 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.64
• Dividend Yield: 2.73%
• Price Target: GBX 261.25
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Pets at Home Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pets at Home Group scored higher than 31% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Pets at Home Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Pets at Home Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pets at Home Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pets at Home Group is 19.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pets at Home Group is 19.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Pets at Home Group has a PEG Ratio of 2.66. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pets at Home Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.29. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PETS.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Pets at Home Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.73%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Pets at Home Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Pets at Home Group is 95.59%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

Pets at Home Group has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Pets at Home Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for PETS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pets at Home Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.31% of the stock of Pets at Home Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

57.58% of the stock of Pets at Home Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:PETS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.petsathome.com
• Phone: +44-161-4866688
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 210
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pets at Home Group: GBX 261.25
• High Price Target: GBX 305
• Low Price Target: GBX 230
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 13.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.64
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 2.66
• Net Income: £75.43 million
• Net Margins: 4.29%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.50%
• Return on Assets: 4.66%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 40.77
• Current Ratio: 0.61
• Quick Ratio: 0.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.78
• Cash Flow: GBX 28.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.35
• Book Value: GBX 206.39 per share
• Price / Book: 1.29

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 429,995,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.15 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.10