Investors in cash trouble should check out Progress Software Corp. (PRGS)

With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.46 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $66.16 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $64.55. The 52-week range on PRGS shows that it touched its highest point at $67.48 and its lowest point at $48.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $71.33. With its current market cap of 2.80 billion, PRGS has annualized dividend of $0.70 while the current yield stands at 1.07%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.92.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PRGS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.35%, but this was up by 12.50% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.19% while six-month performance rose 26.78%. The stock gained 25.37% in the past year, while it has gained 20.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PRGS yields 1.87 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.58. For the next quarter, that number is 1.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.63% for this year and 15.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 2.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.86%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 43.80 million PRGS shares are outstanding with a float of 42.09 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-09-13, short shares totaled 4.77 million, which was 1114.0 higher than short shares on 1723680000. In addition to Mr. Yogesh K. Gupta as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Anthony Folger serves as its Executive VP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 1.12899 of PRGS’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-08-31, PRGS reported revenue of $175077000.0 and operating income of $31383000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $58852000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.37.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PRGS since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.