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 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 28.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 updated 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Freshpet's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Freshpet's stock 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.

Media stories about FRPT stock have trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Freshpet.

Freshpet saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,020,000 shares, a drop of 7.9% from the December 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 310,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.7 days. Currently, 8.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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]