A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) stock price up 3.91% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $150.49. FRPT’s price has ranged from $68.22 to $159.12 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 31.82%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 229.48%. With a float of $47.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $48.26 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1083 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 37.5%, operating margin of 3.65%, and the pretax margin is 4.77%.
Freshpet Inc (FRPT) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Packaged Foods Industry. The insider ownership of Freshpet Inc is 1.42%, while institutional ownership is 108.80%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 08 ’24, was worth 2,195,425. In this transaction SVP-Managing Director, Europe of this company sold 14,186 shares at a rate of $154.76, taking the stock ownership to the 6,291 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 08 ’24, when Company’s President and COO sold 15,000 for $155.78, making the entire transaction worth $2,336,700. This insider now owns 122,380 shares in total.
Freshpet Inc (FRPT) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 229.48% per share during the next fiscal year.
Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Freshpet Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 3.91. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.18.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.88, a number that is poised to hit 0.40 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.53 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Freshpet Inc (FRPT)
Looking closely at Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT), its last 5-days average volume was 0.46 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.58 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.56%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.55.
During the past 100 days, Freshpet Inc’s (FRPT) raw stochastic average was set at 94.42%, which indicates a significant increase from 90.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 53.04% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 34.44% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $141.68, while its 200-day Moving Average is $124.50. However, in the short run, Freshpet Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $159.62. Second resistance stands at $162.86. The third major resistance level sits at $167.77. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $151.47, it is likely to go to the next support level at $146.56. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $143.32.
Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ: FRPT) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 7.59 billion, the company has a total of 48,537K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 766,900 K while annual income is -33,610 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 253,370 K while its latest quarter income was 11,900 K.
