NASDAQ:PBPBPotbelly Stock Price, Forecast & News

Potbelly's stock was trading at $3.71 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PBPB shares have decreased by 42.9% and is now trading at $2.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Potbelly in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Potbelly.

Potbelly is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Potbelly.

Potbelly Corp (NASDAQ:PBPB) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 12th. The company reported ($0.32) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.09. The firm earned $87.59 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.20 million. Potbelly had a negative net margin of 4.73% and a negative return on equity of 10.47%. View Potbelly's earnings history.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Potbelly's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate Potbelly's share price to reach $5.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 135.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Potbelly.

News articles about PBPB stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Potbelly earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutPotbelly.

Potbelly saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,430,000 shares, an increase of 27.7% from the April 15th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 302,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 8.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Potbelly's Current Options Chain.

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Potbelly trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PBPB."

Potbelly's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.94%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (2.19%), State Street Corp (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.40%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.08%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.08%). Company insiders that own Potbelly stock include David W Head, Joseph Boehm, Julie Younglove-Webb, Marla C Gottschalk and Matthew J Revord. View institutional ownership trends for Potbelly.

PBPB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alambic Investment Management L.P., Engine Capital Management LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, State Street Corp, Morgan Stanley, UBS Group AG, WINTON GROUP Ltd, and BlackRock Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Potbelly.

PBPB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Invesco Ltd., and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Potbelly stock in the last two years include David W Head, and Joseph Boehm. View insider buying and selling activity for Potbelly.

Shares of PBPB 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 PBPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.12.

Potbelly has a market capitalization of $50.48 million and generates $409.71 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-23,990,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.10) on an earnings per share basis. Potbelly employs 6,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Potbelly is www.potbelly.com.

Potbelly's mailing address is 111 NORTH CANAL STREET SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The company can be reached via phone at 312-951-0600 or via email at [email protected]