Patterson Companies - PDCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson Companies in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" PDCO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PDCO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Patterson Companies' stock. Their PDCO share price forecasts range from $26.50 to $40.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $33.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.2% from the stock's current price.
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Patterson Companies' stock was trading at $29.35 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, PDCO stock has decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $25.33.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 7th 2022.
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Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 1st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.55 billion. Patterson Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.68% and a net margin of 3.02%. The firm's revenue was down 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.43 EPS.

Patterson Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 13th. Investors of record on Friday, October 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, November 4th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 20th.
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Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.00%. PDCO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 52.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PDCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Patterson Companies updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.25-$2.35 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.30. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

66 employees have rated Patterson Companies Chief Executive Officer Mark Walchirk on Glassdoor.com. Mark Walchirk has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Mark Walchirk in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Patterson Companies' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Econ Financial Services Corp (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrea L Frohning, Donald Zurbay, Jody H Feragen, Les B Korsh and Les B Korsh.
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One share of PDCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.33.

Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion and generates $6.50 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $203.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,700 workers across the globe.

Patterson Companies' mailing address is 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD, ST PAUL MN, 55120. The official website for the company is www.pattersoncompanies.com. The company can be reached via phone at (651) 686-1600, via email at investor.relations@pattersoncompanies.com, or via fax at 651-686-9331.