Paccar Inc (NASDAQ: PCAR) has seen a rise in its stock price by 2344344 in relation to its previous close of 91.75. However, the company has experienced a 1.41% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-06-24 that In the closing of the recent trading day, Paccar (PCAR) stood at $94.01, denoting a +2.46% move from the preceding trading day.
Is It Worth Investing in Paccar Inc (NASDAQ: PCAR) Right Now?
Paccar Inc (NASDAQ: PCAR) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 14.26x compared to its average ratio. PCAR has 36-month beta value of 0.94. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 13 as “hold,” and 2 as “sell.”
The public float for PCAR is 515.14M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.29% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PCAR on June 25, 2025 was 2.97M shares.
PCAR’s Market Performance
The stock of Paccar Inc (PCAR) has seen a 1.41% increase in the past week, with a -0.34% drop in the past month, and a -4.69% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.21%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.30% for PCAR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.04% for PCAR’s stock, with a -6.90% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PCAR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PCAR stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for PCAR by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for PCAR in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $90 based on the research report published on April 30, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PCAR reach a price target of $96. The rating they have provided for PCAR stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on April 16th, 2025.
UBS gave a rating of “Sell” to PCAR, setting the target price at $78 in the report published on April 07th of the current year.
PCAR Trading at 1.95% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PCAR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -18.60% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PCAR starting from Breber Pierre R, who purchase 5,000 shares at the price of $89.78 back on May 06 ’25. After this action, Breber Pierre R now owns 13,015 shares of Paccar Inc, valued at $448,900 using the latest closing price.
WALTON MICHAEL K, the VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL of Paccar Inc, sale 6,000 shares at $106.13 during a trade that took place back on Feb 19 ’25, which means that WALTON MICHAEL K is holding 951 shares at $636,785 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PCAR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.13 for the present operating margin
- 0.18 for the gross margin
The net margin for Paccar Inc stands at 0.11. The total capital return value is set at 0.14. Equity return is now at value 19.90, with 8.36 for asset returns.
Based on Paccar Inc (PCAR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.46 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.26.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 5.81 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.96. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.84. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.48for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.76. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.20.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Paccar Inc (PCAR) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
