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Employees: 29,000
Size Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Internet Retail) with a market value of $848M, the 2356th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $2.96 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.3%, against +0.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.0%); the operating margin is 2.9% (peer median 2.7%).
Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.8× (2nd cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.4 points below its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).
Credit Petco Health & Wellness has 1 bond outstanding ($600M), rated B by the agencies and trading like B+ at a weighted spread of 282 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 7.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.97B | $5.96B | $6.12B | $6.26B | $6.04B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | -2% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | $2.21B | $2.31B | $2.32B | $2.35B | $2.44B |
| EBITDA | $370M | $331M | $244M | $281M | $457M |
| Net income | $30.3M | $9.07M | -$102M | -$1.28B | $90.8M |
| Free cash flow | $238M | $187M | $49.7M | -$9.88M | $68.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $136M | $127M | $128M | $226M | $278M |
| Total debt | $2.82B | $2.87B | $2.94B | $3.03B | $3.13B |
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| Measure | WOOF | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +32.1% | -1.4% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +5.3% | +0.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.7% | -27.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.3% | +2.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 2.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.5× | 24.8× | 2nd cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.6% | 8.2% | 7th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.9% | +12.5% | 7th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.7 pp | +6.7 pp | 7th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.4 pp | -2.8 pp | 8th lowest of 17 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.1× | 9.7× | 5th cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.8× | -0.1× | 2nd most indebted of 12 |
| Bond spread | 282 bp | n/a | — |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petco Health & Wellness WOOF | United States | $848M | +5% | -1% | 3% | 12.5× | 6.6% | +3.9% |
| Hangzhou Onechance Tech Crop 300792.SZ | China | $839M | -32% | -19% | 9% | 46.2× | 19.9% | -3.7% |
| Aucnet 3964.T | Japan | $824M | +12% | +12% | 15% | 15.5× | 0.1% | +21.6% |
| THG THG.L | United Kingdom | $877M | +30% | +10% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Global Top E-Commerce 002640.SZ | China | $757M | -12% | -6% | 1% | n/a | 33.4% | -19.8% |
| Huakai Yibai Technology 300592.SZ | China | $966M | +27% | -11% | 7% | 15.7× | 3.4% | +132.3% |
| IndiaMART InterMESH INDIAMART.NS | India | $985M | -26% | +12% | 34% | 17.0× | 8.2% | +18.6% |
| AO World AO..L | United Kingdom | $687M | +6% | +11% | 4% | 13.3× | 3.0% | -5.3% |
| NanJi E-Commerce 002127.SZ | China | $1.05B | -1% | -28% | -12% | 29.9× | 6.4% | -9.0% |
| ASKUL 2678.T | Japan | $682M | +2% | -20% | -5% | 29.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Yiwu Huading Nylon 601113.SS | China | $670M | -28% | -5% | 1% | 41.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ASOS ASC.L | United Kingdom | $670M | +88% | -15% | -1% | n/a | 1.2% | -5.5% |
| Akso Health Group Sponsored ADR AHG | United States | $1.14B | -34% | -6% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Groupon GRPN | United States | $630M | -13% | +2% | 2% | 33.7× | 27.5% | -18.9% |
| Belluna 9997.T | Japan | $629M | +22% | +5% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vedant Fashions MANYAVAR.NS | India | $1.22B | +6% | +2% | 32% | 29.6× | 21.4% | +21.5% |
| Guangzhou Ruoyuchen Technology 003010.SZ | China | $1.31B | -8% | +75% | 10% | 23.0× | 1.7% | +24.7% |
| Revolve RVLV | United States | $1.32B | -11% | +15% | 6% | 20.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Liquidity Services LQDT | United States | $1.37B | +21% | +5% | 9% | 24.8× | 16.2% | +18.3% |
| LuxExperience B.V. Sponsored ADR LUXE | United States | $1.40B | +20% | +111% | -6% | 194.0× | n/a | n/a |
| HelloFresh HFG.DE | Germany | $483M | -28% | -13% | 0% | 9.7× | 24.1% | +12.5% |
Petco Health & Wellness has 1 bond outstanding with $600M face value. The agencies rate it B; its bonds trade like B+. Weighted yield 7.46%, a spread of 282 bp over government bonds.