NASDAQ:PDCO - Patterson Companies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Patterson Companies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PDCO."

Patterson Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. View Patterson Companies' Dividend History.

Patterson Companies declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, March 14th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. Patterson Companies had a net margin of 1.01% and a return on equity of 8.97%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.39 EPS. View Patterson Companies' Earnings History.

Patterson Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Patterson Companies.

Patterson Companies issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.36-1.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.37.

10 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Patterson Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Patterson Companies' stock price to reach $19.19 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Patterson Companies.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson Companies in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Patterson Companies.

Headlines about PDCO stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Patterson Companies earned a coverage optimism score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Patterson Companies.

Some companies that are related to Patterson Companies include McKesson (MCK), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Cardinal Health (CAH), Henry Schein (HSIC) and Owens & Minor (OMI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Patterson Companies investors own include AT&T (T), Henry Schein (HSIC), AbbVie (ABBV), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Ford Motor (F).

Patterson Companies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV (0.12%), Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. (0.08%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.06%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.05%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Inlet Private Wealth LLC, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., Pflug Koory LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Cubic Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Mission Wealth Management LP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV, FNY Investment Advisers LLC and Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson Companies.

Shares of PDCO 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 PDCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.54.

Patterson Companies has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion and generates $5.57 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $83.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.40 on an earnings per share basis. Patterson Companies employs 7,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Patterson Companies.

The official website for Patterson Companies is http://www.pattersoncompanies.com/.

Patterson Companies' mailing address is 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD, ST PAUL MN, 55120. The company can be reached via phone at 651-686-1600 or via email at [email protected]