NASDAQ:FRPT - Freshpet 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 stock has decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $58.94. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freshpet in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 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, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Freshpet.

Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.05. The business earned $65.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.95 million. Freshpet had a negative return on equity of 1.12% and a negative net margin of 0.56%. The company's revenue was up 27.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.05 earnings per share. View Freshpet's earnings history.

Freshpet issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. 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 $307.6 million.

8 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Freshpet's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Freshpet's stock price to reach $78.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Freshpet.

Media headlines about FRPT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Freshpet earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutFreshpet.

Freshpet saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,167,900 shares, a drop of 22.0% from the February 27th total of 2,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 538,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.0 days. Approximately 7.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Freshpet's Current Options Chain.

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

Freshpet's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.78%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.78%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.53%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (3.51%), Emerald Advisers LLC (2.26%) and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (2.00%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nicholas Investment Partners LP, Credit Suisse AG, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, and Franklin Resources Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Freshpet company stock in the last year include Richard A Kassar, Scott James Morris, Stephen Macchiaverna, and Stephen Weise. View insider buying and selling activity for Freshpet.

FRPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Madison Asset Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, and Macquarie Group Ltd.. 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 $58.94.

Freshpet has a market capitalization of $2.37 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. 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]