Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 2.27 compared to its previous closing price of 3.09. However, the company has seen a gain of 2.27% in its stock price over the last five trading days. 247wallst.com reported 2025-04-08 that Market volatility has spiked since the beginning of April, due largely to uncertainty about inflation, interest rates, upcoming quarterly reports, and mostly the impact of tariffs and a global trade war on the U.S.
Is It Worth Investing in Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) Right Now?
Additionally, the 36-month beta value for WOOF is 1.72. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 rating it as “overweight,” 8 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for WOOF is 133.42M and currently, short sellers hold a 22.98% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of WOOF on April 29, 2025 was 4.50M shares.
WOOF’s Market Performance
The stock of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) has seen a 2.27% increase in the past week, with a -1.56% drop in the past month, and a -15.73% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.07%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 9.56% for WOOF. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.76% for WOOF’s stock, with a simple moving average of -13.47% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of WOOF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WOOF stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for WOOF by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for WOOF in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $4 based on the research report published on July 19, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WOOF reach a price target of $1.50, previously predicting the price at $5. The rating they have provided for WOOF stocks is “Underperform” according to the report published on April 02nd, 2024.
Jefferies gave a rating of “Hold” to WOOF, setting the target price at $3.11 in the report published on December 19th of the previous year.
WOOF Trading at 11.30% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WOOF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -49.76% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 9.56%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.07%, as shares surge +6.76% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +7.48% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, WOOF rose by +2.27%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -4.82% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $3.11. In addition, Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc saw -17.06% 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 WOOF starting from Anderson Joel D, who purchase 849,541 shares at the price of $3.03 back on Mar 31 ’25. After this action, Anderson Joel D now owns 853,304 shares of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc, valued at $2,574,109 using the latest closing price.
Anderson Joel D, the Chief Executive Officer of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc, purchase 736,547 shares at $2.91 during a trade that took place back on Mar 28 ’25, which means that Anderson Joel D is holding 736,547 shares at $2,143,352 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WOOF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.38 for the gross margin
The net margin for Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc stands at -0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.0. Equity return is now at value -8.86, with -1.76 for asset returns.
Based on Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.55 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.13. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.21. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.05.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 7.05 million with net debt to EBITDA at 7.62. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.34. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.85.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
