NASDAQ:PDCO - Patterson Companies Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Patterson Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, July 27th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 12th. View Patterson Companies' Dividend History.

Patterson Companies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, March 14th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 21st. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30. The firm had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.43 billion. Patterson Companies had a return on equity of 11.05% and a net margin of 3.68%. The company's revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.69 EPS. View Patterson Companies' Earnings History.

Patterson Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Patterson Companies.

Patterson Companies issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.73-1.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.76.

15 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Patterson Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.50 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Patterson Companies' share price to reach $29.8214 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Patterson Companies.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson Companies in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Patterson Companies saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 18,710,809 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the June 15th total of 15,664,528 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,619,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 22.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Patterson Companies' Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about PDCO stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Patterson Companies earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 47.71 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Patterson Companies' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.52%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.17%), AMG National Trust Bank (0.15%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.10%) and Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV (0.09%). Company insiders that own Patterson Companies stock include Ann B Gugino, Ellen A Rudnick, James W Wiltz, John D Buck and Scott P Anderson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Biechele Royce Advisors, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Amalgamated Bank and Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AMG National Trust Bank, DnB Asset Management AS, Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Foundry Partners LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC and Rand Wealth 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PDCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.64.

Patterson Companies has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion and generates $5.47 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $200.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.68 on an earnings per share basis. Patterson Companies employs 7,700 workers across the globe.

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]