PetMed Express, Inc. (PETS)Healthcare | Pharmaceutical Retailers | Delray Beach, United States | NasdaqGS
1.88 USD
+0.03
(1.622%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.88 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:57 a.m. EDT
The investment case for PetMed Express is fundamentally broken. The company is hemorrhaging cash, with operating and free cash flows both deeply negative, while revenue has contracted by nearly 20%. The balance sheet is fragile, with a current ratio below 0.7 and debt-to-equity exceeding 1.8, suggesting the business is struggling to cover its obligations without external support. Although the stock recently rallied on unsolicited buyout rumors, the underlying economics remain dire; the market has already priced in a catastrophic decline, dropping the share price by over 84% from its peak. The recent dividend payments are unsustainable given the negative free cash flow, indicating capital is being drained from the business rather than generated. While the price is low, the lack of analyst coverage, the absence of institutional options activity, and the deteriorating operational metrics suggest this is a distressed asset rather than a turnaround opportunity. The statistical forecast models also lean slightly negative, confirming the lack of immediate technical momentum despite the recent pop. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.119203 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.134448 |
| AutoETS | 0.137116 |
| MSTL | 0.140850 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 0.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.125 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.09 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2023-08-10 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2023-08-10 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.801 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.983 |
| Market Cap | 40,756,360 |
| Forward P/E | -62.67 |
| Beta | 0.79 |
| Profit Margins | -17.34% |
| Website | https://www.1800petmeds.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:57 a.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely thin with negligible open interest and volume across all expirations. There is no meaningful positioning in either calls or puts to indicate a specific speculative thesis; the market is effectively absent from the options chain.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-11 | 0.300 | 2.349256 |
| 2023-06-05 | 0.300 | 2.044990 |
| 2023-02-16 | 0.300 | 1.512859 |
| 2022-11-17 | 0.300 | 1.565762 |
| 2022-08-11 | 0.300 | 1.348315 |
| 2022-05-19 | 0.300 | 1.485884 |
| 2022-02-04 | 0.300 | 1.243266 |
| 2021-11-05 | 0.300 | 0.978474 |
| 2021-08-05 | 0.300 | 1.030220 |
| 2021-05-13 | 0.300 | 1.081861 |
| 2021-01-29 | 0.280 | 0.732984 |
| 2020-11-06 | 0.280 | 0.936768 |
| 2020-07-30 | 0.280 | 0.903226 |
| 2020-05-14 | 0.280 | 0.878845 |
| 2020-01-31 | 0.270 | 1.071004 |
| 2019-11-01 | 0.270 | 1.172384 |
| 2019-08-01 | 0.270 | 1.666667 |
| 2019-05-16 | 0.270 | 1.383906 |
| 2019-02-01 | 0.270 | 1.176983 |
| 2018-11-02 | 0.270 | 0.951710 |
| 2018-08-02 | 0.270 | 0.716370 |
| 2018-05-17 | 0.250 | 0.700280 |
| 2018-02-02 | 0.250 | 0.577768 |
| 2017-11-03 | 0.200 | 0.547046 |
| 2017-08-03 | 0.200 | 0.418060 |
| 2017-05-17 | 0.200 | 0.587027 |
| 2017-02-02 | 0.190 | 0.901756 |
| 2016-11-03 | 0.190 | 0.975359 |
| 2016-08-04 | 0.190 | 0.935961 |
| 2016-05-18 | 0.190 | 1.014415 |
| 2016-02-04 | 0.180 | 1.099572 |
| 2015-10-29 | 0.180 | 1.073986 |
| 2015-07-30 | 0.180 | 1.065719 |
| 2015-05-13 | 0.180 | 1.113861 |
| 2015-01-30 | 0.170 | 1.082803 |
| 2014-10-30 | 0.170 | 1.297710 |
| 2014-07-31 | 0.170 | 1.240876 |
| 2014-05-14 | 0.170 | 1.326053 |
| 2014-02-10 | 0.170 | 1.318852 |
| 2013-11-06 | 0.170 | 1.152542 |
| 2013-08-08 | 0.170 | 1.057872 |
| 2013-05-13 | 0.150 | 1.154734 |
| 2013-02-06 | 0.150 | 1.148545 |
| 2012-11-07 | 0.150 | 1.401869 |
| 2012-08-09 | 0.150 | 1.543210 |
| 2012-05-10 | 0.150 | 1.325088 |
| 2012-02-08 | 0.150 | 1.238646 |
| 2011-11-08 | 0.125 | 1.262626 |
| 2011-08-10 | 0.125 | 1.321353 |
| 2011-05-12 | 0.125 | 0.972763 |
| 2011-02-09 | 0.125 | 0.812744 |
| 2010-11-09 | 0.125 | 0.733999 |
| 2010-08-11 | 0.125 | 0.790639 |
| 2010-05-12 | 0.100 | 0.473485 |
| 2010-02-10 | 0.100 | 0.524384 |
| 2009-11-10 | 0.100 | 0.611621 |
| 2009-08-12 | 0.100 | 0.546150 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.3874172 |
| Address1 | 420 South Congress Avenue |
| All Time High | 57.8 |
| All Time Low | 0.09375 |
| Ask | 2.35 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 117,670 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 671,811 |
| Average Volume | 671,811 |
| Average Volume10Days | 117,670 |
| Beta | 0.789 |
| Bid | 1.36 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 1.06 |
| City | Delray Beach |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.88 |
| Current Ratio | 0.68 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 1.92 |
| Day Low | 1.83 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.801 |
| Display Name | PetMed Express |
| Dividend Date | 1,692,316,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,859,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,859,200 |
| Ebitda | -18,588,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.110080004 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -1.448 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.159 |
| Enterprise Value | 26,921,966 |
| Eps Forward | -0.03 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.39 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,691,712,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.9078 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.027799964 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.014571739 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.74172 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.2199998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5414634 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.57 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.30999994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19745219 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.57 - 4.1 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 925,133,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 6.86 |
| Float Shares | 13,543,875 |
| Forward Eps | -0.03 |
| Forward P E | -62.666668 |
| Free Cashflow | -15,951,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 189 |
| Fullday Change | 0.03 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.62162 |
| Fullday Price | 1.88 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.27921 |
| Gross Profits | 47,146,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.16396 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.37877 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 21,678,914 |
| Industry | Pharmaceutical Retailers |
| Industry Disp | Pharmaceutical Retailers |
| Industry Key | pharmaceutical-retailers |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,691,712,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.3 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Long Business Summary | PetMed Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pet pharmacy in the United States. The company markets prescription and non-prescription pet medications, health products, and other supplies for dogs, cats, and horses. It offers non-prescription medications and supplies, such as flea and tick control products, bone and joint care products, vitamins, treats, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, and household pet supplies; and prescription medications, including heartworm preventatives, flea and tick preventatives, arthritis, dermatitis, thyroid, diabetes, pain medications, heart/blood pressure, and other specialty medications, as well as generic substitutes. The company also sells food, beds, crates, stairs, and other pet supplies. It sells its products through its Internet website; mobile app; customer support center; and direct mail/print, which includes brochures and postcards. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. |
| Long Name | PetMed Express, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 40,756,360 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1342577 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -29,279,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 40,105,990 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 1.83 |
| Operating Cashflow | -23,810,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.15194 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.32 |
| Phone | 561 526 4444 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 1.88 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 1.85 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.773585 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.24136755 |
| Profit Margins | -0.1734 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.364 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.62162 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.92 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.83 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.83 - 1.92 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.83 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.85 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.88 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 70,027 |
| Return On Assets | -0.20046 |
| Return On Equity | -0.78564 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.199 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.983 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 21,678,914 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.026600001 |
| Shares Short | 576,583 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 914,046 |
| Short Name | PetMed Express, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0356 |
| Short Ratio | 5.23 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | PETS |
| Target High Price | 2.15 |
| Target Low Price | 2.15 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.15 |
| Target Median Price | 2.15 |
| Total Cash | 13,079,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.621 |
| Total Debt | 414,000 |
| Total Revenue | 168,856,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.39 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.3827 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5027 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.21097913 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 70,027 |
| Website | https://www.1800petmeds.com |
| Zip | 33,445 |