PCAR Stock Plummets – What's Behind the Drop?

PACCAR Inc stock is trading -11.38% below its average target price of $120.58 after dropping -2.1% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Auto Manufacturers company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $97.22 to $147.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.1%, and a short ratio of 3.61. The company's insiders own 1.86% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 68.7% of PACCAR Inc's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in PACCAR Inc

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 12% 61,680,353 $6,591,162,559
2024-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 37,618,269 $4,019,888,248
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 21,639,073 $2,312,351,353
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 12,625,245 $1,349,133,688
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 2% 12,084,007 $1,291,296,995
2023-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 2% 11,055,596 $1,181,400,995
2023-12-31 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 1% 7,813,702 $834,972,200
2023-12-31 Morgan Stanley 1% 6,461,963 $690,525,370
2023-12-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 5,304,143 $566,800,724
2024-03-31 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 1% 5,244,320 $560,408,038

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on PACCAR Inc.

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