** Shares of American pet retailer Petco Health and Wellness WOOF.O rise 5.3% to $2.57 premarket

** On Wednesday, co posted Q4 sales of 1.60 billion, above analysts' est of 1.56 billion - data compiled by LSEG

** Co forecast both 2025 sales and Q1 2025 sales to be "down low single-digits year-over-year"

** Stock gained 29.8% in the last 12 months

(Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru)

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