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The Impact of Market Fluctuations on Performance Food Group Company’s (PFGC) Stock

The stock of Performance Food Group Company (PFGC) has seen a -4.20% decrease in the past week, with a -9.31% drop in the past month, and a -9.76% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.29% for PFGC. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -5.38% for PFGC stock, with a simple moving average of 3.76% for the last 200 days.

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Performance Food Group Company (NYSE: PFGC) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 31.83x. and a 36-month beta value of 1.36.

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The public float for PFGC is 152.46M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.77% of that float. On March 16, 2023, the average trading volume of PFGC was 1.29M shares.

PFGC) stock’s latest price update

Performance Food Group Company (NYSE: PFGC)’s stock price has increased by 0.18 compared to its previous closing price of 54.42. Despite this, the company has experienced a -4.20% fall in its stock price over the last five trading sessions.

Analysts’ Opinion of PFGC

The stock of Performance Food Group Company (PFGC) has seen a -4.20% decrease in the past week, with a -9.31% drop in the past month, and a -9.76% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.29% for PFGC. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -5.38% for PFGC stock, with a simple moving average of 3.76% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of PFGC

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PFGC stocks, with Stephens repeating the rating for PFGC by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for PFGC in the upcoming period, according to Stephens is $60 based on the research report published on September 23rd of the previous year 2022.

Berenberg, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PFGC reach a price target of $71. The rating they have provided for PFGC stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on May 18th, 2022.

Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to PFGC, setting the target price at $62 in the report published on March 18th of the previous year.

PFGC Trading at -7.29% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought PFGC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -13.64% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 2.29%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.31%, as shares sank -9.48% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -6.63% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, PFGC fell by -4.20%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +25.33% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $57.33. In addition, Performance Food Group Company saw -6.63% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PFGC starting from Hagerty Patrick T., who sale 500 shares at the price of $56.31 back on Mar 01. After this action, Hagerty Patrick T. now owns 153,790 shares of Performance Food Group Company, valued at $28,155 using the latest closing price.

Bulmer Donald S., the of Performance Food Group Company, sale 970 shares at $59.81 during a trade that took place back on Feb 13, which means that Bulmer Donald S. is holding 33,196 shares at $58,016 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for PFGC

Equity return is now at value 7.90, with 2.20 for asset returns.

Conclusion

To sum up, Performance Food Group Company (PFGC) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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