Premier Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Premier in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Premier stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PINC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Premier saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,870,000 shares, an increase of 42.8% from the June 15th total of 2,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 508,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Premier is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 17th 2021.
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Premier will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 17th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $469.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $448.08 million. Premier had a net margin of 15.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.46%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 40.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.73 EPS.
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Premier's stock was trading at $30.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PINC stock has increased by 19.0% and is now trading at $35.82.
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Premier announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Tuesday, June 15th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 28th.
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Premier pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.14%. Premier does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Premier is 31.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Premier will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.70% next year. This indicates that Premier will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Premier updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.420-2.510 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.320. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.67 billion-$1.71 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.63 billion.

14 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Premier's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate Premier's stock price to reach $38.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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157 employees have rated Premier CEO Susan DeVore on Glassdoor.com. Susan DeVore has an approval rating of 63% among Premier's employees. This puts Susan DeVore in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Premier's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Premier stock include Craig S Mckasson, David Alfred Hargraves, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Premier company stock in the last year include Craig S Mckasson, David Alfred Hargraves, Stephen R D'arcy, and William E Mayer.
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PINC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James Trust N.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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PINC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.82.

Premier has a market capitalization of $4.38 billion and generates $1.30 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $130.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.41 on an earnings per share basis.

Premier employs 2,500 workers across the globe.

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

Premier is headquartered at 13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC, 28277.

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]