Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) shares, rose in value on Thursday, March 06, with the stock price down by -5.18% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $91.08.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $96.06. The PE ratio was 97.64 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $164.07, and the low was $93.53. On the whole, FRPT has fluctuated by -41.47% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Freshpet Inc currently standing at about $4.44 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.2B, with a low estimate of 266M and a high estimate of 271.98M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 268.67M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that FRPT’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.94, with the price of FRPT currently trading nearly -21.89% and -33.90% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 19.02, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 6.55% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 6.84%. Furthermore, Freshpet Inc (FRPT)’s beta value is 1.76, and its average true range (ATR) is 6.98.
A comparison of Freshpet Inc (FRPT) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. FRPT showed an intraday change of -5.18% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -19.03%%.
Data on historical trading for Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 965.98K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 48.70 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 1.57% of Freshpet Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 108.97% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -38.51% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the FRPT stock heading into the next quarter.
