WOOF — Petco Health and Wellness: Earnings-Gap Reversal and Short-Cover Catalyst

Petco Health and Wellness surges 34.58% on Q4 2025 earnings beat. Adjusted EBITDA 10.6% above guidance, leverage ratio down to 3.0x, free cash flow up 276%. RSI at 75.4 entering overbought after deeply oversold February trough.

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WOOF — Petco Health and Wellness: Earnings-Gap Reversal and Short-Cover Catalyst
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Rachel Kensington
Rachel Kensington
Senior Equity Analyst — Blue Ocean Trading Solutions

Technical Overview

The tape on WOOF is telling us something unambiguous: a single session that covered 34.58% of upside is not routine noise. Petco Health and Wellness closed March 12 at $3.23, gapped higher at the open following Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings, and the momentum carried through the session. As of March 13, price sits at $3.42 — up 5.95% on the day — on volume running at 3.65 million shares against a 30-day average of 2.27 million. Volume is elevated but not capitulatory; the multiple of 1.6x average volume suggests the initial reaction is drawing in momentum participants, not exhausting them.

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