Q2 2025 EPS Estimates for Patterson Companies, Inc. Reduced by Zacks Research (NASDAQ:PDCO)

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Patterson Companies in a report issued on Monday, July 15th. Zacks Research analyst I. Bandyopadhyay now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.53 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.54. The consensus estimate for Patterson Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.37 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Patterson Companies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.74 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on PDCO. StockNews.com downgraded Patterson Companies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Patterson Companies from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 20th. Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on Patterson Companies from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. Bank of America lowered their price objective on Patterson Companies from $34.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Patterson Companies from $30.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 20th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Patterson Companies presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $30.00.

Patterson Companies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PDCO opened at $25.99 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.33, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Patterson Companies has a twelve month low of $22.29 and a twelve month high of $34.53.

Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June 18th. The company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by ($0.01). Patterson Companies had a net margin of 2.83% and a return on equity of 20.80%. The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.84 earnings per share. Patterson Companies’s revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Patterson Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 19th will be issued a $0.26 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 19th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.00%. Patterson Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 52.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Kevin Michael Barry sold 1,216 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 owns 41,605 shares in the company, valued at $986,870.60. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other news, CFO Kevin Michael Barry sold 1,216 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 owns 41,605 shares in the company, valued at $986,870.60. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Les B. Korsh sold 2,842 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.71, for a total value of $67,383.82. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 103,765 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,460,268.15. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 17,149 shares of company stock worth $415,851 over the last 90 days. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Patterson Companies by 7.9% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,018,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,003,000 after buying an additional 730,819 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in Patterson Companies by 25.3% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,594,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,852,000 after purchasing an additional 523,226 shares during the last quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its position in Patterson Companies by 3.6% in the 1st quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 2,370,075 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,533,000 after purchasing an additional 82,522 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in Patterson Companies by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,792,138 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,553,000 after purchasing an additional 43,980 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. increased its position in Patterson Companies by 11.2% in the 4th quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,547,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,020,000 after purchasing an additional 156,402 shares during the last quarter. 85.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.