ePlus (PLUS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ePlus inc. (NASDAQ: PLUS) provides technology solutions, professional services and financing to organizations in the commercial, government, healthcare and education sectors. Through its technology business, the company helps customers plan, implement and manage information technology environments, including data center, networking, cybersecurity, collaboration, cloud and digital infrastructure solutions.

The company also offers managed and professional services, technology consulting, IT asset management, and lifecycle services. Its financing business provides technology leasing and other financial solutions designed to help customers acquire and deploy hardware, software and related services. ePlus works with a broad range of technology manufacturers and software providers to design integrated solutions tailored to customer requirements.

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, ePlus serves customers primarily in the United States and Canada through its sales, service and technology operations. The company completed its initial public offering in 1996 and has expanded from a technology financing business into a provider of comprehensive IT solutions and services. Mark P. Marron serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $95.97 to $98.21
• 50-Day Range: $86.14 to $96.93
• 52-Week Range: $70.96 to $98.21
• Volume: 129,725 shs
• Average Volume: 215,157 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.52 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.46
• Dividend Yield: 1.12%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

ePlus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ePlus scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 405th out of 591 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

ePlus has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ePlus has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.44%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ePlus are expected to grow by 8.44% in the coming year, from $4.86 to $5.27 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ePlus is 20.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ePlus is 20.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

ePlus has a PEG Ratio of 1.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ePlus has a P/B Ratio of 2.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.74% of the float of ePlus has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ePlus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ePlus has recently increased by 6.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

ePlus pays a meaningful dividend of 1.13%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ePlus does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ePlus is 23.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, ePlus will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.49% next year. This indicates that ePlus will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

ePlus has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for ePlus this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for PLUS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ePlus insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,875,748.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.20% of the stock of ePlus is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.80% of the stock of ePlus is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 9/16 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/16/2026
• Today: 10/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: Technology Distributors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PLUS
• CIK: 1022408
• Web: www.eplus.com
• Phone: (703) 984-8400
• Fax: 703-984-8600
• Employees: 2,148
• Year Founded: 1990

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.46
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.86
• P/E Growth: 1.23
• Net Income: $132.64 million
• Net Margins: 4.91%
• Pretax Margin: 7.02%
• Return on Equity: 11.51%
• Return on Assets: 6.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.13
• Quick Ratio: 1.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.03
• Cash Flow: $5.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.59
• Book Value: $40.50 per share
• Price / Book: 2.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,090,000
• Free Float: 25,516,000
• Market Cap: $2.52 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96