Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc.'s transformation efforts are too slow to offset declining revenues, stalling core segments, and shrinking store traffic. Despite operational improvements and leadership changes, negative free cash flow and heavy debt severely constrain Petco's recovery options. Structural challenges—falling sales, weak services growth, and reduced capital investment—signal deeper deterioration for WOOF, not just temporary setbacks.
Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOOF ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call June 5, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Joel D. Anderson - CEO & Director Sabrina Louise Simmons - Chief Financial Officer Tina Romani - Corporate Participant Conference Call Participants Kaumil S.
Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.01 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.02. This compares to loss of $0.04 per share a year ago.
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Shares of pet retail giant Petco Health and Wellness Company Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) are 16.4% higher out of the gate, last seen trading at $3.45, after a SEC filing revealed CEO Joel Anderson purchased nearly 1.6 million shares across two sessions -- a $4.7 million investment that signals strong conviction from the top.
Petco's Q4 financials came in nearly as expected, with progress in the gross margin level, but very modest sales growth. Positively, Petco's FY2025 EBITDA guidance suggests the company's margin turnaround efforts are showing increasing momentum with a focus on high-value sales. Petco's valuation is highly volatile due to the company's high debt, but in a base scenario, I estimate the stock to be fairly valued.
WOOF's fiscal fourth-quarter results reflect lower y/y sales. However, the gross margin expands 180 bps y/y to 38% in the quarter.
Petco (NASDAQ:WOOF) shares surged 36% on Thursday after the pet retailer projected better-than-expected adjusted earnings for fiscal 2025. The company expects its adjusted EBITDA to increase to between $375 million and $390 million from $336.5 million in 2024.
Petco (WOOF) shares jumped Thursday morning as the pet retailer outlined a better-than-expected adjusted earnings forecast for fiscal 2025.
Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOOF ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 26, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Tina Romani - Head of IR & Treasury Joel Anderson - CEO Sabrina Simmons - CFO Conference Call Participants Steve Forbes - Guggenheim Steven Zaccone - Citi Michael Lasser - UBS Oliver Wintermantel - Evercore Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley David Lantz - Wells Fargo Peter Benedict - Baird Kendall Toscano - Bank of America Seth Basham - Wedbush Securities Chris Bottiglieri - BNP Paribas Operator Good afternoon, and welcome to the Petco Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode.
Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) reported break-even quarterly earnings per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.02. This compares to earnings of $0.02 per share a year ago.