On Monday, Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) opened higher 12.63% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $133.69. Price fluctuations for FRPT have ranged from $57.11 to $145.68 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Consumer Defensive sector company grew by 31.82% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 215.36% at the time writing. With a float of $47.67 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $48.26 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 1083 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.66%, operating margin of 1.7%, and the pretax margin is 2.88%.
Freshpet Inc (FRPT) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Packaged Foods industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Freshpet Inc is 1.69%, while institutional ownership is 114.95%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 12 ’24, was worth 1,046,400. In this transaction President and COO of this company sold 7,500 shares at a rate of $139.52, taking the stock ownership to the 122,380 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 12 ’24, when Company’s EVP, Treasurer sold 3,822 for $140.01, making the entire transaction worth $535,118. This insider now owns 86,039 shares in total.
Freshpet Inc (FRPT) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 215.36% per share during the next fiscal year.
Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Freshpet Inc (FRPT). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 3.91. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.94.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.88, a number that is poised to hit 0.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.41 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Freshpet Inc (FRPT)
Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) saw its 5-day average volume 0.81 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.58 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.89%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.66.
During the past 100 days, Freshpet Inc’s (FRPT) raw stochastic average was set at 90.82%, which indicates a significant increase from 83.61% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 53.11% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 34.41% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $137.87, while its 200-day Moving Average is $120.88. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $158.37 in the near term. At $166.17, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $177.67. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $139.07, it is likely to go to the next support level at $127.57. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $119.77.
Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) Key Stats
There are currently 48,486K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.36 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 766,900 K according to its annual income of -33,610 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 235,250 K and its income totaled -1,690 K.
