Progress Software (PRGS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Progress Software Corporation develops enterprise software that helps organizations build, deploy, integrate, and manage business applications and digital services. Its offerings are designed to support application development, data connectivity, integration, messaging, user experiences, and infrastructure performance across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

The company’s product portfolio includes OpenEdge for application development and deployment, DataDirect for data connectivity, MOVEit for managed file transfer, WhatsUp Gold for network monitoring, and Sitefinity for digital experience management. Progress also offers application security, data management, event-streaming, load-balancing, and application modernization solutions through products and technologies associated with brands such as Chef, MarkLogic, and Kemp.

Founded in 1981, Progress serves customers across a range of industries and geographies through a global sales, partner, and support organization. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Yogesh Gupta.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $36.56 to $37.59
• 50-Day Range: $36.58 to $46.27
• 52-Week Range: $23.82 to $47.25
• Volume: 694,651 shs
• Average Volume: 660,773 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.52 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.15
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $52.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Progress Software Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Progress Software scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 146th out of 598 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: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Progress Software has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Progress Software has a consensus price target of $52.17, representing about 40.2% upside from its current price of $37.21.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Progress Software has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Progress Software are expected to grow by 18.62% in the coming year, from $4.78 to $5.67 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Progress Software is 7.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Progress Software is 7.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 81.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Progress Software has a PEG Ratio of 1.56. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Progress Software has a P/B Ratio of 2.87. 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

11.90% of the float of Progress Software has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Progress Software has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.72.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Progress Software has recently increased by 2.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Progress Software does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Progress Software does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Progress Software will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.35% next year. This indicates that Progress Software will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

Progress Software has a news sentiment score of 0.78. 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 0.44 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Progress Software this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for PRGS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Progress Software to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Progress Software insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $46,065.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.10% of the stock of Progress Software is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Progress Software has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Systems Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PRGS
• CIK: 876167
• Web: www.progress.com
• Phone: (781) 280-4000
• Fax: 781-280-4095
• Employees: 2,801
• Year Founded: 1981

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Progress Software: $52.17
• High Price Target: $83.00
• Low Price Target: $34.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +40.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.78
• P/E Growth: 1.56
• Net Income: $73.13 million
• Net Margins: 9.24%
• Pretax Margin: 11.09%
• Return on Equity: 42.91%
• Return on Assets: 9.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.33
• Current Ratio: 0.80
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $977.83 million
• Price / Sales: 1.56
• Cash Flow: $8.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.44
• Book Value: $12.97 per share
• Price / Book: 2.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 40,870,000
• Free Float: 39,198,000
• Market Cap: $1.52 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.89