NASDAQ:PCAR - PACCAR Stock Price, News, & Analysis

PACCAR trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PCAR."

PACCAR announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, December 4th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 9th. View PACCAR's Dividend History.

PACCAR declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, July 9th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 1.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $5.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.50 billion. PACCAR had a return on equity of 23.52% and a net margin of 9.73%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share. View PACCAR's Earnings History.

PACCAR is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PACCAR.

24 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for PACCAR's shares. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect PACCAR's share price to reach $68.9680 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PACCAR.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PACCAR in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PACCAR.

News headlines about PCAR stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PACCAR earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

PACCAR saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,893,824 shares, a decline of 15.9% from the September 28th total of 8,197,402 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,851,658 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View PACCAR's Current Options Chain.

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PACCAR's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.69%), FMR LLC (1.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.72%), Capital World Investors (1.31%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (1.22%) and US Bancorp DE (0.76%). Company insiders that own PACCAR stock include Alma Lily Ley, C Michael Dozier, Darrin C Siver, David J Danforth, Douglas S Grandstaff, Gary Lee Moore, Marco A Davila, Mark C Pigott, Michael T Barkley, Robert A Bengston, Ronald E Armstrong and T Kyle Quinn. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PACCAR.

PCAR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Schroder Investment Management Group, Victory Capital Management Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC and Cpwm LLC. Company insiders that have sold PACCAR company stock in the last year include C Michael Dozier, Darrin C Siver, David J Danforth, Douglas S Grandstaff, Mark C Pigott and T Kyle Quinn. View Insider Buying and Selling for PACCAR.

PCAR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FMR LLC, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, Man Group plc, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought PACCAR stock in the last two years include Douglas S Grandstaff and Marco A Davila. View Insider Buying and Selling for PACCAR.

Shares of PCAR 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PCAR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.72.

PACCAR has a market capitalization of $21.30 billion and generates $19.46 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.68 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.26 on an earnings per share basis. PACCAR employs 25,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for PACCAR is http://www.paccar.com.

PACCAR's mailing address is 777 106TH AVENUE NE, BELLEVUE WA, 98004. The company can be reached via phone at 425-468-7400 or via email at [email protected]