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Freshpet, Inc is a packaged foods business based in the US. Freshpet shares (FRPT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Freshpet employs 462 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$281.1 million.
How to buy shares in Freshpet
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Freshpet Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: FRPT. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Freshpet reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$124.41, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Freshpet, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Freshpet. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
How has coronavirus impacted Freshpet's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Freshpet's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$124.41, which is 40.33% up on its pre-crash value of USD$74.24 and 205.00% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$40.79.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Freshpet shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$836.06 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,930.84.
Freshpet share price
Use our graph to track the performance of FRPT stocks over time.Freshpet shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-14.
| Latest market close | USD$124.41 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$40.79 - USD$125.96 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$111.5197 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$90.2271 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$109.08 |
| PE ratio | 1000.25 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.107 |
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Is it a good time to buy Freshpet stock?
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Freshpet price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $124.41 from 2020-10-16
| 1 week (2020-10-13) | -0.01% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-18) | 17.43% |
| 3 months (2020-07-20) | 37.52% |
| 6 months (2020-04-20) | 70.24% |
| 1 year (2019-10-18) | 150.88% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-19) | 227.22% |
| 3 years (2017-10-20) | 700.06% |
| 5 years (2015-10-20) | 1,081.48% |
Is Freshpet under- or over-valued?
Valuing Freshpet stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Freshpet's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Freshpet's P/E ratio
Freshpet's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 1000x. In other words, Freshpet shares trade at around 1000x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Freshpet's EBITDA
Freshpet's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$25.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Freshpet's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Freshpet financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$281.1 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 2.71% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$114.2 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.61% |
| Return on equity TTM | 1.7% |
| Profit margin | 1.52% |
| Book value | $9.504 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Freshpet shares
There are currently 1.7 million Freshpet shares held short by investors – that's known as Freshpet's "short interest". This figure is 13.6% up from 1.5 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Freshpet shares can be evaluated.
Freshpet's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Freshpet's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Freshpet shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Freshpet shares traded daily (recently around 344281.724846). Freshpet's SIR currently stands at 4.87. In other words for every 100,000 Freshpet shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4870 shares are currently held short.
However Freshpet's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Freshpet shares, or, against the total number of tradable Freshpet shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Freshpet's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Freshpet shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0434% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Freshpet shares, roughly 43 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Freshpet.
Find out more about how you can short Freshpet stock.
Freshpet share dividends
We're not expecting Freshpet to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Freshpet share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Freshpet's shares have ranged in value from as little as $40.79 up to $125.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Freshpet's is 0.7016. This would suggest that Freshpet's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Freshpet overview
Freshpet, Inc. manufactures and markets natural fresh products, refrigerated meals, and treats for dogs and cats in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company sells its products under the Freshpet brand; and Dognation and Dog Joy labels through various classes of retail, including grocery, mass, club, pet specialty, and natural, as well as online. Freshpet, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.
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