Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) Expected to Post Q2 2025 Earnings of $0.49 Per Share

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) – William Blair lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Patterson Companies in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 28th. William Blair analyst B. Vazquez now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.49 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.51. The consensus estimate for Patterson Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.36 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Patterson Companies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.66 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.35 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.52 EPS.

Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59 billion. Patterson Companies had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 2.83%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.40 earnings per share.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on PDCO. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Patterson Companies from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Patterson Companies from $30.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, June 20th. Bank of America reduced their price target on shares of Patterson Companies from $31.00 to $29.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on shares of Patterson Companies from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Patterson Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 1st. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $28.89.

Patterson Companies Price Performance

NASDAQ:PDCO opened at $22.47 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.97 billion, a PE ratio of 11.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $24.57 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.53. Patterson Companies has a 52 week low of $21.56 and a 52 week high of $32.58.

Institutional Trading of Patterson Companies

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Patterson Companies by 7.9% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,018,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,003,000 after buying an additional 730,819 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of Patterson Companies by 0.6% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,915,315 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,436,000 after acquiring an additional 23,344 shares during the period. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. lifted its position in Patterson Companies by 3.6% during the first quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 2,370,075 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,533,000 after purchasing an additional 82,522 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its holdings in Patterson Companies by 7.5% in the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,925,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,453,000 after purchasing an additional 133,760 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Equity Investment Corp purchased a new position in shares of Patterson Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $37,935,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Patterson Companies news, CEO Donald Zurbay sold 5,875 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.71, for a total transaction of $139,296.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 237,288 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,626,098.48. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, CEO Donald Zurbay sold 5,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.71, for a total value of $139,296.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 237,288 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,626,098.48. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Kevin Michael Barry sold 1,216 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.72, for a total value of $28,843.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 41,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $986,870.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 17,149 shares of company stock valued at $415,851 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

Patterson Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, July 19th were issued a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 19th. Patterson Companies’s payout ratio is 52.00%.

Patterson Companies Company Profile

Patterson Companies, Inc engages in the distribution of dental and animal health products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Dental, Animal Health, and Corporate segments. The Dental segment offers consumable products, including infection control, restorative materials, and instruments; basic and advanced technology and dental equipment; practice optimization solutions, such as practice management software, e-commerce, revenue cycle management, patient engagement solutions, and clinical and patient education systems.