American Software Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:AMSWA)

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Software in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMSWA shares.
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1 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for American Software's shares. Their AMSWA share price targets range from $16.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $18.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 77.2% from the stock's current price.
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American Software's stock was trading at $14.68 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AMSWA stock has decreased by 30.8% and is now trading at $10.16.
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American Software saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 271,500 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the October 31st total of 239,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 229,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 22nd 2024.
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American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 23rd. The software maker reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.02. The software maker had revenue of $31.01 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31 million. American Software had a net margin of 9.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.89%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.09 earnings per share.

American Software declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 20th. Investors of record on Friday, February 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, February 16th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 1st.
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American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.31%. AMSWA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 133.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, AMSWA will have a dividend payout ratio of 231.58% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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8 employees have rated American Software Chief Executive Officer H. Allan Dow on Glassdoor.com. H. Allan Dow has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees. 75.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at American Software to a friend.

American Software's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.61%), John G Ullman & Associates Inc. (1.67%), Ranger Investment Management L.P. (1.35%), Cove Street Capital LLC (1.13%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.06%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan L Sell, Bryan L Sell, Dennis Hogue, H Allan Dow, James C Edenfield, Lizanne Thomas, Matthew G Mckenna, Thomas L V Newberry, Valerie Paige King and Vincent C Klinges.
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