Patterson Companies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:PDCO)

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

Patterson Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Investors of record on Friday, October 11th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, October 25th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.00%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 10th. View Patterson Companies' Dividend History.

Patterson Companies declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, March 14th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 29th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.02. The business earned $1.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.36 billion. Patterson Companies had a return on equity of 8.95% and a net margin of 2.12%. Patterson Companies's revenue for the quarter was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.26 earnings per share. View Patterson Companies' Earnings History.

Patterson Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Patterson Companies.

Patterson Companies updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.33-1.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.37.

7 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Patterson Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Patterson Companies' share price to reach $18.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Patterson Companies.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson Companies in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Patterson Companies.

News articles about PDCO stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Patterson Companies earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Patterson Companies.

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Patterson Companies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.39%), Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV (0.11%), Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Patterson Companies stock include Ann B Gugino and John D Buck. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Confluence Investment Management LLC and Rowland & Co. Investment Counsel ADV. 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 $17.32.

Patterson Companies has a market capitalization of $1.65 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]