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

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

PACCAR announced a dividend on Tuesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 14th will be given a dividend of $2.00 per share on Friday, January 4th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 13th. View PACCAR's Dividend History.

PACCAR declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 4th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 2.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $5.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.50 billion. PACCAR had a return on equity of 23.52% and a net margin of 9.73%. PACCAR's revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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.

25 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for PACCAR's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate PACCAR's stock price to reach $68.5180 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PACCAR.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PACCAR in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PACCAR.

News stories about PCAR stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PACCAR earned a news sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

PACCAR saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,082,514 shares, an increase of 26.6% from the December 14th total of 7,176,706 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,192,118 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View PACCAR's Current Options Chain.

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PACCAR's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.01%), Hudson Capital Management LLC (0.01%) and Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC (0.01%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Salem Capital Management Inc., Hudson Capital Management LLC, Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Waverton Investment Management Ltd and Steward Partners Investment Advisory 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 $60.06.

PACCAR has a market capitalization of $21.02 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]