NASDAQ:PRCP - Perceptron Stock Price, Forecast & News

Perceptron trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PRCP."

Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRCP) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 10th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.02. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $19.13 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $23.28 million. Perceptron had a negative return on equity of 1.14% and a negative net margin of 11.35%. View Perceptron's Earnings History.

Perceptron is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Perceptron.

Perceptron updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, February, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.00-0.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.28. The company issued revenue guidance of $70-75 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $78.22 million.

1 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Perceptron's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Perceptron's share price to reach $8.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 48.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Perceptron.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Perceptron in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Perceptron.

News articles about PRCP stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Perceptron earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Perceptron.

Perceptron saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 51,200 shares, an increase of 14.3% from the January 15th total of 44,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Perceptron's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Perceptron investors own include Baozun (BZUN), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), NVIDIA (NVDA), Baidu (BIDU), Niu Technologies (NIU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Canopy Growth (CGC), Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP), IMPINJ (PI) and Yext (YEXT).

Perceptron's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Ariel Investments LLC (11.46%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.94%), Royce & Associates LP (6.09%), Ancora Advisors LLC (1.43%) and Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (0.80%). Company insiders that own Perceptron stock include David Lawrence Watza, John F Bryant and Valkenburg Richard Van. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Perceptron.

PRCP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royce & Associates LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perceptron.

PRCP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ariel Investments LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Ancora Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Perceptron stock in the last two years include David Lawrence Watza, John F Bryant and Valkenburg Richard Van. View Insider Buying and Selling for Perceptron.

Shares of PRCP 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 PRCP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.38.

Perceptron has a market capitalization of $52.13 million and generates $76.82 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $-6,790,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.01 on an earnings per share basis. Perceptron employs 337 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Perceptron.

The official website for Perceptron is http://www.perceptron.com/.

Perceptron's mailing address is 47827 HALYARD DRIVE, PLYMOUTH MI, 48170. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 734-414-6100 or via email at [email protected]