Patterson Companies 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 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Patterson Companies stock. 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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Patterson Companies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 2nd 2021.
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Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June, 22nd. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.52 billion. Patterson Companies had a net margin of 2.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.29%. Patterson Companies's quarterly revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS.
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Patterson Companies' stock was trading at $20.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PDCO stock has increased by 48.0% and is now trading at $30.91.
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Patterson Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, August 6th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 22nd.
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Patterson Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.34%. Patterson Companies does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Patterson Companies is 54.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Patterson Companies will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.49% next year. This indicates that Patterson Companies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Patterson Companies issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.900-$2.050 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.100. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Patterson Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate Patterson Companies' stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price.
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66 employees have rated Patterson Companies CEO Mark Walchirk on Glassdoor.com. Mark Walchirk has an approval rating of 95% among Patterson Companies' 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.76%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.32%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.22%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.08%), Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt (0.05%) and Pflug Koory LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Patterson Companies stock include Andrea L Frohning, Donald Zurbay, Jody H Feragen and Les B Korsh.
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PDCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Asset Management Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Arizona State Retirement System, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Advisor Group Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Patterson Companies company stock in the last year include Andrea L Frohning, Donald Zurbay, Jody H Feragen, and Les B Korsh.
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PDCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pflug Koory LLC, Tuttle Tactical Management, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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One share of PDCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.91.

Patterson Companies has a market capitalization of $2.99 billion and generates $5.91 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $155.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.91 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 is headquartered at 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD, ST PAUL MN, 55120.

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]