Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ:FRSH) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts give Freshworks (FRSH) a consensus Hold rating from 16 firms (1 sell, 9 hold, 6 buy) with an average 12‑month target price of $12.92.
• Freshworks beat estimates last quarter with $0.14 EPS versus $0.11 expected and $222.74M revenue (up 14.5% YoY), and issued Q1 FY2026 guidance of $0.100–0.120 EPS and FY2026 guidance of $0.550–0.570 EPS.
• Insider Mika Yamamoto sold 32,577 shares at $8.45 (now owns ~1.13M shares); insiders hold 11.17% of the stock while institutional investors own about 75.58%.

Shares of Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ:FRSH - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the sixteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have given a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $12.9167.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on FRSH shares. Robert W. Baird set a $10.00 price objective on Freshworks in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Zacks Research lowered Freshworks from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Oppenheimer lowered Freshworks from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price objective on Freshworks from $15.00 to $12.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Freshworks from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Freshworks

In other Freshworks news, insider Mika Yamamoto sold 32,577 shares of Freshworks stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.45, for a total transaction of $275,275.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,127,723 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,529,259.35. This trade represents a 2.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 11.17% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Freshworks

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in shares of Freshworks by 954.9% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,152 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 1,948 shares during the period. Summit Securities Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Freshworks during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Freshworks during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Rothschild Investment LLC grew its position in shares of Freshworks by 560.0% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 2,277 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 1,932 shares during the period. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Freshworks by 136.2% during the 3rd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 2,745 shares of the company's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 1,583 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.58% of the company's stock.

Freshworks Price Performance

Shares of FRSH stock opened at $7.55 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.80 and a beta of 0.87. The business has a fifty day moving average of $8.08 and a 200 day moving average of $10.49. Freshworks has a 1 year low of $6.79 and a 1 year high of $16.14.

Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $222.74 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $218.76 million. Freshworks had a return on equity of 4.69% and a net margin of 21.90%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.14 EPS. Freshworks has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.100-0.120 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.550-0.570 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Freshworks will post -0.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Freshworks Company Profile

Freshworks, Inc is a global provider of cloud-based customer engagement software designed to help businesses streamline customer support, sales, marketing, and IT service operations. The company's integrated suite of solutions enables organizations of all sizes to deliver seamless experiences across multiple channels, including email, chat, phone, and social media. Freshworks' platform is built on modern, user-friendly interfaces and offers native automation, AI-powered insights, and analytics to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

The company's flagship product, Freshdesk, serves as a helpdesk solution for customer support teams, while Freshservice addresses IT service management needs.

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