NASDAQ:PINCPremier Stock Price, Forecast & News

Premier's stock was trading at $30.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PINC stock has increased by 10.8% and is now trading at $33.35. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Premier.

Premier is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Premier.

Premier Inc (NASDAQ:PINC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The firm earned $334.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.66 EPS. View Premier's earnings history.

Premier issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.284-1.284 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.26 billion.

13 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Premier's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Premier's share price to reach $38.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Premier.

Media coverage about PINC stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Premier earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Premier.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Premier investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Home Depot (HD), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Intel (INTC) and Altria Group (MO).

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

Premier's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.65%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Premier.

PINC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Premier.

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 $33.35.

Premier has a market capitalization of $4.06 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]