Premier Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC) trade information

Instantly PINC was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -5.27%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The jump to weekly highs of 23.24 on Friday, 09/15/23 added 2.00% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -37.31%, with the 5-day performance at -5.27% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Premier Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC) is -15.26% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 2.1 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.28 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $27.00, meaning bulls need an upside of 18.78% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, PINC’s forecast low is $24.00 with $32.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -45.92% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -9.44% for it to hit the projected low.

Premier Inc. (PINC) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Premier Inc. share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot -31.32% over the past 6 months, a -7.20% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of 5.50%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for Premier Inc. will fall -1.90%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit -11.10% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 0.60% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 8 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $320.16 million. 8 analysts are of the opinion that Premier Inc.’s revenue for the quarter ending Dec 2023 will be $350.78 million. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $327.05 million. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -2.10%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -13.00%. The 2023 estimates are for Premier Inc. earnings to decrease by -33.20%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 5.70% per year.

PINC Dividends

Premier Inc. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in October. The 3.83% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.84. It is important to note, however, that the 3.83% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

Premier Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.54% of Premier Inc. shares while 69.30% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 69.68%. There are 69.30% institutions holding the Premier Inc. stock share, with Vanguard Group Inc the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 10.42% of the shares, roughly 12.42 million PINC shares worth $343.44 million.

Blackrock Inc. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 4.95% or 5.89 million shares worth $163.06 million as of Jun 29, 2023.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jun 29, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund. With 3.71 million shares estimated at $102.7 million under it, the former controlled 3.12% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund held about 2.58% of the shares, roughly 3.07 million shares worth around $85.04 million.