NASDAQ:PETSPetmed Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

Petmed Express' stock was trading at $25.95 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PETS stock has increased by 40.0% and is now trading at $36.32. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Petmed Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Petmed Express.

Petmed Express Inc (NASDAQ:PETS) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.06. The business earned $74.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $66.24 million. Petmed Express had a net margin of 9.10% and a return on equity of 20.40%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.32 earnings per share. View Petmed Express' earnings history.

Petmed Express declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is a positive change from Petmed Express's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View Petmed Express' dividend history.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Petmed Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Petmed Express' stock price to reach $25.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 29.8%. View analysts' price targets for Petmed Express.

Media coverage about PETS stock has been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Petmed Express earned a news sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutPetmed Express.

Petmed Express saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,200,000 shares, a drop of 10.1% from the April 30th total of 4,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 623,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.7 days. Approximately 21.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Petmed Express' Current Options Chain.

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Petmed Express trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PETS."

Petmed Express' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.26%), State Street Corp (4.13%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.84%), Morgan Stanley (1.62%), Morgan Stanley (1.62%) and Personal Capital Advisors Corp (1.57%). Company insiders that own Petmed Express stock include Bruce S Rosenbloom, Frank J Formica, Gian Fulgoni, Menderes Akdag and Robert C Schweitzer. View institutional ownership trends for Petmed Express.

PETS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citigroup Inc., Rothschild Investment Corp IL, BlackRock Inc., Polaris Capital Management LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have sold Petmed Express company stock in the last year include Bruce S Rosenbloom, Gian Fulgoni, and Menderes Akdag. View insider buying and selling activity for Petmed Express.

PETS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maverick Capital Ltd., Maverick Capital Ltd., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Hancock Whitney Corp, State Street Corp, and Advisor Group Holdings Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Petmed Express.

Shares of PETS 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 PETS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.32.

Petmed Express has a market capitalization of $732.57 million and generates $284.13 million in revenue each year. Petmed Express employs 187 workers across the globe.

The official website for Petmed Express is www.1800petmeds.com.

Petmed Express' mailing address is 420 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, DELRAY BEACH FL, 33445. The company can be reached via phone at 561-526-4444.