Petco Health & Wellness Company
WOOF on Nasdaq. Petco sells pet food, supplies, and services to pet owners. Market value $262m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to July 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to January 2026.
Should I look at this?
Not a fit for our list right now
Why it could be worth it
See Retail & consumer stocks that passed both tests
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $37.44 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 14.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 4 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 43 of 100. Price score: 89 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$2.22 a share, 4% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $2.14 to $3.88.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $5.8bn | $6.0bn | $6.3bn | $6.1bn | $6.0bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 3.7% | -18.9% | 0.1% | 2.0% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.73 | 0.70 | 1.35 | 1.43 | 1.29 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.27bn | 0.27bn | 0.27bn | 0.27bn | 0.29bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive4 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 8 checks we could run
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt1.29× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 0.7% a year
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 8% more shares since 2022
The quarter to July 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $1.5 billion last quarter, about the same as a year ago.
- Profit: $39 million, up 177% on a year ago.
- It keeps 2 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 1 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $238 million, up from $59 million.
- 2% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 2 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | $1.5bn |
| January 2025 | $1.6bn |
| April 2025 | $1.5bn |
| July 2025 | $1.5bn |
| October 2025 | $1.5bn |
| January 2026 | $1.5bn |
| April 2026 | $1.5bn |
| July 2026 | $1.5bn |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | -$17m |
| January 2025 | -$14m |
| April 2025 | -$12m |
| July 2025 | $14m |
| October 2025 | $9m |
| January 2026 | -$3m |
| April 2026 | -$15m |
| July 2026 | $39m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 13 March 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 4 December 2026
Who owns it
2 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 1 last quarter. 195 funds in all.
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royce & AssociatesChuck Royce | $7m | <0.1% | New |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $659,401 | <0.1% | Cut |
Largest holders overall
- CVC Management Holdings II$397m
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board$163m
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$30mAdded
- Long Focus Capital Management$23mAdded
- BlackRock$22m
- TWO Sigma Investments, LP$15mCut
- Holocene Advisors, LP$13mCut
- Cresset Asset Management$11m
- Vanguard Capital Management$10mAdded
- FMR$10mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
No one has reported a stake above 5% since December 2024.
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 2 sold $2m.
- May HollyChief Human Resources OfficerSold
- Date
- 9 July 2026
- Shares
- 200,000
- Price
- $2.54
- Value
- $508,000
- May HollyChief Human Resources OfficerSold
- Date
- 8 July 2026
- Shares
- 150,000
- Price
- $2.55
- Value
- $382,500
- May HollyChief Human Resources OfficerSold
- Date
- 7 July 2026
- Shares
- 100,000
- Price
- $2.55
- Value
- $255,000
- Venezia Patrick JChief Revenue OfficerSold
- Date
- 13 March 2026
- Shares
- 102,029
- Price
- $3.42
- Value
- $348,939
- Venezia Patrick JChief Revenue OfficerSold
- Date
- 1 December 2025
- Shares
- 74,192
- Price
- $3.08
- Value
- $228,511
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | May Holly Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | 200,000 | $2.54 | $508,000 |
| 8 July 2026 | May Holly Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | 150,000 | $2.55 | $382,500 |
| 7 July 2026 | May Holly Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | 100,000 | $2.55 | $255,000 |
| 13 March 2026 | Venezia Patrick J Chief Revenue Officer | Sold | 102,029 | $3.42 | $348,939 |
| 1 December 2025 | Venezia Patrick J Chief Revenue Officer | Sold | 74,192 | $3.08 | $228,511 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
What could go wrong
- Sales have barely grown: 0.7% a year.
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The deep dive
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