NASDAQ:PRCPPerceptron Stock Price, Forecast & News

Perceptron's stock was trading at $4.05 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PRCP shares have increased by 17.8% and is now trading at $4.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Perceptron is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Perceptron.

Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRCP) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, June, 1st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported ($0.41) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.33. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $12.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.63 million. Perceptron had a negative net margin of 16.08% and a negative return on equity of 1.29%. View Perceptron's earnings history.

1 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Perceptron's shares. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $2.00. On average, they anticipate Perceptron's share price to reach $2.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 58.1%. View analysts' price targets for Perceptron.

Media stories about PRCP stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Perceptron earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Perceptron.

Perceptron saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 55,400 shares, an increase of 34.1% from the June 15th total of 41,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 52,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.6% 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 NVIDIA (NVDA), Inseego (INSG), Niu Technologies (NIU), Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP), Baozun (BZUN), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), InVitae (NVTA), Baidu (BIDU), iCAD (ICAD) and IMPINJ (PI).

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

Perceptron's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Simplex Trading LLC (0.11%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Simplex Trading 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 activity 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 $4.77.

Perceptron has a market capitalization of $46.37 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.

The official website for Perceptron is 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]