NASDAQ:PINCPremier Stock Price, Forecast & News

Premier's stock was trading at $30.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PINC stock has increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $34.72.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Premier in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Premier is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 25th 2020.
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Premier will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Premier Inc (NASDAQ:PINC) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The firm earned $334.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $312.77 million. Premier had a negative net margin of 1.72% and a negative return on equity of 103.03%. The firm's revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.66 EPS.
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Premier announced a -- dividend on Thursday, August 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Tuesday, September 15th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 31st.
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13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Premier's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Premier's stock price to reach $38.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about PINC stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Premier earned a news sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Premier saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,870,000 shares, a drop of 48.2% from the March 15th total of 7,467,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Premier investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Primo Water (PRMW), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Bank of America (BAC), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ) and Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ).

Premier trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PINC."

Premier's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (3.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.47%), BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp (1.16%), BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. (1.09%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.65%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.63%). Company insiders that own Premier stock include Craig S Mckasson, David Alfred Hargraves, David L Klatsky, Kelli L Price, Leigh Anderson, Stephen R D'arcy and William E Mayer.
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PINC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, and Unigestion Holding SA. Company insiders that have sold Premier company stock in the last year include Craig S Mckasson, David Alfred Hargraves, and William E Mayer.
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PINC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB, Reinhart Partners Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Boston Trust Walden Corp, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A..
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Shares of PINC 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 PINC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.72.

Premier has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $109.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.27 on an earnings per share basis. Premier employs 2,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Premier is www.premierinc.com.

Premier's mailing address is 13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC, 28277. The company can be reached via phone at 704-357-0022 or via email at [email protected]