NASDAQ:FRPT - Freshpet Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.02. The firm earned $65.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $64.37 million. Freshpet had a negative net margin of 1.84% and a negative return on equity of 3.52%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 28.5% on a year-over-year basis. View Freshpet's Earnings History.

Freshpet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Freshpet.

Freshpet issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, December, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $244 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $245.15 million.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Freshpet's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Freshpet's share price to reach $60.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Freshpet.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freshpet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Freshpet.

News articles about FRPT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Freshpet earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Freshpet.

Freshpet saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,020,000 shares, a decrease of 7.9% from the December 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 310,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.7 days. Approximately 8.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Freshpet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Freshpet include General Mills (GIS), Kellogg (K), Post (POST), Ingredion (INGR), RiceBran Technologies (RIBT) and Z-Trim (FBER).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Freshpet investors own include IQIYI (IQ), Square (SQ), Roku (ROKU), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Mastercard (MA).

Freshpet's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.77%), Sciencast Management LP (0.02%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%), We Are One Seven LLC (0.01%) and OLD National Bancorp IN (0.01%). Company insiders that own Freshpet stock include Associates Spc Midocean, 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 Riverbridge Partners LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN and We Are One Seven LLC. Company insiders that have sold Freshpet company stock in the last year include Associates Spc Midocean, Richard A Kassar, Scott James Morris, Stephen Macchiaverna and Stephen Weise. View Insider Buying and Selling for Freshpet.

FRPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP and Diversified Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $66.08.

Freshpet has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and generates $193.24 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-5,360,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.15) on an earnings per share basis. Freshpet employs 382 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Freshpet.

The official website for Freshpet is http://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]