Petmed Express, Inc (NASDAQ: PETS): Stock Performance & Trend Analysis

In the last trading session, 1.24 million shares of the Petmed Express, Inc (NASDAQ:PETS) were traded, and its beta was 0.77. Most recently the company’s share price was $4.53, and it changed around -$0.74 or -14.04% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $93.61M. PETS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $6.85, offering almost -51.21% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $2.90, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 35.98% since then. We note from Petmed Express, Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 0.25 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 267.04K.

Petmed Express, Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 4.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended PETS as a Hold, whereas 0 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

Petmed Express, Inc (NASDAQ:PETS) trade information

Instantly PETS has showed a red trend with a performance of -14.04% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 5.58 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 18.82%. The company’s shares are currently down -6.02% year-to-date, but still down -7.74% over the last five days. On the other hand, Petmed Express, Inc (NASDAQ:PETS) is -5.03% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 1.51 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.78 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $7, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 35.29% from its current value. Analyst projections state that PETS is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $19.

PETS Dividends

Petmed Express, Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in March. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 6.86 per year.

Petmed Express, Inc (NASDAQ:PETS)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 16.81% of Petmed Express, Inc shares, and 46.29% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 55.64%. Petmed Express, Inc stock is held by 123.0 institutions, with HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 6.3507% of the shares, which is about 1.3 million shares worth $5.25 million.

RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, with 6.2001% or 1.26 million shares worth $5.12 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.