Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc., operates as a health and wellness company, focuses on enhancing the lives of pets, pet parents, and its Petco partners in the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The company provides veterinary care, grooming, training, tele-health, and Vital Care and pet health insurance services, as well as veterinary services through Vetco mobile clinics. It also offers pet consumables, supplies, and services through its petco.com, petcoach.co, petinsurancequotes.com, and pupbox.com websites. The company offers its products under the WholeHearted, Reddy, and Well & Good brands. Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.71 to $4.94
• 50-Day Range: $2.29 to $4.92
• 52-Week Range: $1.41 to $5.09
• Volume: 3.13 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.84 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $3.45
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Petco Health and Wellness Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Petco Health and Wellness scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 125th out of 205 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Petco Health and Wellness has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.23, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Petco Health and Wellness has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Petco Health and Wellness are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.23) to ($0.05) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Petco Health and Wellness is -1.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Petco Health and Wellness is -1.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Petco Health and Wellness has a P/B Ratio of 1.35. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

28.57% of the float of Petco Health and Wellness has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Petco Health and Wellness has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Petco Health and Wellness has recently decreased by 5.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Petco Health and Wellness does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Petco Health and Wellness does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.15

Percentage of Shares Shorted

28.57% of the float of Petco Health and Wellness has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Petco Health and Wellness has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Petco Health and Wellness has recently decreased by 5.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.04

News Sentiment

Petco Health and Wellness has a news sentiment score of 1.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Petco Health and Wellness this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

21 people have searched for WOOF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 110% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Petco Health and Wellness to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Petco Health and Wellness insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.40% of the stock of Petco Health and Wellness is held by insiders.

WOOF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WOOF shares performed this year?

Petco Health and Wellness' stock was trading at $3.16 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, WOOF stock has increased by 56.0% and is now trading at $4.93.
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How were Petco Health and Wellness' earnings last quarter?

Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOOF) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September, 10th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.00. The company's quarterly revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis.

Does Petco Health and Wellness have any subsidiaries?

Petco Health and Wellness subsidiaries include these companies: PupBox, PetCoach, Drs. Foster and Smith, Petopia.com, Petco Animal Supplies Inc., Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc., and Petco Holdings Inc. LLC.

When did Petco Health and Wellness IPO?

Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) raised $744 million in an IPO on Thursday, January 14th 2021. The company issued 48,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$17.00 per share. Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO and Citigroup, Evercore ISI, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, Baird, Guggenheim Securities, AmeriVet Securities, C.L. King & Associates, R. Seelaus & Co. LLC, Ramirez & Co. Inc. and Siebert Williams Shank were co-managers.

Who are Petco Health and Wellness' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Petco Health and Wellness include AQR Capital Management LLC (2.11%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.09%), Millennium Management LLC (0.86%) and Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Cameron Breitner, Ron Coughlin, Justin Tichy, Gary S Briggs and Brian Larose.
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How do I buy shares of Petco Health and Wellness?

Shares of WOOF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Petco Health and Wellness own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Petco Health and Wellness investors own include IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Altaba (AABA), Bank of America (BAC), Broadcom (AVGO), General Electric (GE), Nucor (NUE) and Twitter (TWTR).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/10/2024
• Today: 9/19/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/04/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Retail stores, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Health Care Facilities
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WOOF
• CUSIP: 91819410
• CIK: 817366
• Web: www.petco.com
• Phone: 858-453-7845
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 29,000
• Year Founded: 1965

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $3.45
• High Stock Price Target: $5.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $1.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: -27.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.23
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($4.93)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-1,280,210,000.00
• Net Margins: -21.46%
• Pretax Margin: -22.44%
• Return on Equity: -6.51%
• Return on Assets: -1.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.39
• Current Ratio: 0.84
• Quick Ratio: 0.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.24
• Cash Flow: $4.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.03
• Book Value: $3.64 per share
• Price / Book: 1.31

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 310,780,000
• Free Float: 303,324,000
• Market Cap: $1.48 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.88