Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.58M but it saw 1648744 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.52B USD, the company’s current market price of $74.12 came rising about 2.46 while comparing to the previous closing price of $72.34. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $164.07 and as low as $72.19. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $73.56 while lowest mark touched by it was $77.63.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Freshpet Inc (FRPT) gives us an average price of $79.99, while its current price level is -54.82% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 2.67% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $92.82 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $128.91. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.73% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.64%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 36.27 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Jefferies upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on February 24, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $155-$150. Redburn Atlantic issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $168.
Over the week, FRPT’s stock price is moving -6.48% down while it is -16.49% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -49.96% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -29.20%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-19, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.09 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.35. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $280.2M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $1.18B and seeing the company making $1.43B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $260.49M for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Freshpet Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 48.70M with 2.00% of that held by the insiders while 111.53% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.18% and return on equity (ROE) at 4.67%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 79.46 while having a 33.67 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.85. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.42 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.61. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.09% on average.
