Weak Fundamental Momentum Pushes Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) Lower

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) has a beta value of 1.92 and has seen 3.01 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.21B, closed the last trade at $4.42 per share which meant it gained $0.12 on the day or 2.79% during that session. The WOOF stock price is -34.39% off its 52-week high price of $5.94 and 68.1% above the 52-week low of $1.41. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.4 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.94 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 11 have rated it as a Hold, with 7 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.04.

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Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) trade information

Sporting 2.79% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the WOOF stock price touched $4.42 or saw a rise of 5.15%. Year-to-date, Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc shares have moved 39.87%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -3.28%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) have changed -14.51%. Short interest in the company has seen 22.66 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.05.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5.25, which means that the shares’ value could jump 15.81% from current levels. The projected low price target is $3.0 while the price target rests at a high of $28.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -533.48% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 32.13% from current levels.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 176.25% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -155.56%, compared to -4.00% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -2.00%.

10 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.5B for the current quarter. 10 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.57B for the next ending quarter.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -25.03% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -169.19% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 2.07%.

WOOF Dividends

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF)’s Major holders

Insiders own 4.23% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 128.74% with a share float percentage of 134.42%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc having a total of 232.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are CVC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS II LTD. with over 145.92 million shares worth more than $551.59 million. As of 2024-06-30, CVC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS II LTD. held 54.0925% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, with the holding of over 59.77 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $225.91 million and represent 22.1544% of shares outstanding.