NASDAQ:FRPTFreshpet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Freshpet's stock was trading at $61.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FRPT shares have increased by 23.6% and is now trading at $75.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freshpet in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Freshpet.

Freshpet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Freshpet.

Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The company reported ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.06) by $0.04. The business had revenue of $70.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $71.50 million. Freshpet had a negative net margin of 0.57% and a negative return on equity of 0.79%. Freshpet's revenue was up 27.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.10) EPS. View Freshpet's earnings history.

Freshpet updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $310 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $312.32 million.

11 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Freshpet's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Freshpet's share price to reach $76.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Freshpet.

News headlines about FRPT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Freshpet earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutFreshpet.

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Freshpet trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FRPT."

Freshpet's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.09%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (5.16%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.93%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.71%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.59%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.88%). Company insiders that own Freshpet stock include Associates Spc Midocean, Cathal Walsh, J David Basto, Richard A Kassar, Scott James Morris, Stephen Macchiaverna and Stephen Weise. View institutional ownership trends for Freshpet.

FRPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Redwood Investments LLC, and Wellington Management Group LLP. Company insiders that have sold Freshpet company stock in the last year include Cathal Walsh, Richard A Kassar, Scott James Morris, Stephen Macchiaverna, and Stephen Weise. View insider buying and selling activity for Freshpet.

FRPT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wasatch Advisors Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., BlackRock Inc., Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Federated Hermes Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, and Jennison Associates LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Freshpet.

Shares of FRPT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.64.

Freshpet has a market capitalization of $3.05 billion and generates $245.86 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-1,380,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.04) on an earnings per share basis. Freshpet employs 382 workers across the globe.

The official website for Freshpet is www.freshpet.com.

Freshpet's mailing address is 400 Plaza Drive 1st Floor, Secaucus NJ, 07094. The company can be reached via phone at 201-520-4000 or via email at [email protected]