Briefing From The Editor -- PCAR Stock

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, September 18 10:04 • Permanent Link

PACCAR logged a -0.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $100.42 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. PCAR's trading volume is 343,666 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,844,346.

PACCAR trades -3.16% away from its average analyst target price of $103.69 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $86.0 to $131.0, and on average have given PACCAR a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in PCAR, you'll want to know the following:

PACCAR's current price is 30.6% above its Graham number of $76.87, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
PACCAR has moved 1.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.83, PACCAR has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
PCAR has a forward P/E ratio of 12.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $7.76 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.78 compared to its sector average of 2.93
PACCAR Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes light, medium, and heavy-duty commercial trucks in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, Australia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Truck, Parts, and Financial Services.
Based in Bellevue, the company has 30,100 full time employees and a market cap of $52.73 Billion. PACCAR currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.2%.

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