NASDAQ:PDCOPatterson Companies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Patterson Companies' stock was trading at $20.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PDCO shares have increased by 0.5% and is now trading at $21.00. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson Companies in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Patterson Companies.

Patterson Companies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Patterson Companies.

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. Patterson Companies had a net margin of 0.85% and a return on equity of 9.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share. View Patterson Companies' earnings history.

Patterson Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 17th. Investors of record on Friday, April 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, April 24th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 8th. View Patterson Companies' dividend history.

10 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Patterson Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Patterson Companies' stock price to reach $21.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Patterson Companies.

Headlines about PDCO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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. Patterson Companies earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutPatterson Companies.

Patterson Companies saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,930,000 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the April 30th total of 9,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,510,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.2 days. Currently, 13.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Patterson Companies' Current Options Chain.

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

Patterson Companies' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.31%), State Street Corp (3.17%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.44%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.65%). View institutional ownership trends for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Confluence Investment Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Patterson Companies.

PDCO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, and CWA Asset Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $21.00.

Patterson Companies has a market capitalization of $2.01 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.

The official website for Patterson Companies is 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]