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. Since then, FRPT stock has increased by 41.6% and is now trading at $86.66. 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 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 4th. The company reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.04. The business earned $70.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $71.50 million. Freshpet had a negative return on equity of 0.79% and a negative net margin of 0.57%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 27.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.10) earnings per share. View Freshpet's earnings history.

Freshpet updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, May, 4th. The company provided 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Freshpet's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $102.00. On average, they anticipate Freshpet's stock price to reach $77.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. View analysts' price targets for Freshpet.

Press coverage about FRPT stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Freshpet earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Freshpet.

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

Freshpet's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diversified Trust Co (0.01%). Company insiders that own Freshpet stock include Associates Spc Midocean, Cathal Walsh, J David Basto, Richard A Kassar, Robert C King, 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 Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Freshpet company stock in the last year include Cathal Walsh, Richard A Kassar, Robert C King, Scott James Morris, Stephen Macchiaverna, and Stephen Weise. 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 $86.66.

Freshpet has a market capitalization of $3.49 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]