American Software (AMSWA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Software in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AMSWA shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for American Software's stock. Their AMSWA share price forecasts range from $21.50 to $22.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $21.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.3% from the stock's current price.
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American Software's stock was trading at $14.68 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMSWA shares have decreased by 10.9% and is now trading at $13.08.
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American Software saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 310,500 shares, a decrease of 16.8% from the April 30th total of 373,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 137,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 8th 2023.
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American Software will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, June 8th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 23rd. The software maker reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.02. The software maker earned $31.01 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31 million. American Software had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.67% and a net margin of 8.67%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.09 EPS.

American Software declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 1st. Investors of record on Friday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, August 25th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 10th.
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SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF holds 67,242 shares of AMSWA stock, representing 0.35% of its portfolio.

American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.46%. The dividend payout ratio is 137.50%. 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 162.96% 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMSWA."

American Software's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (9.08%), BlackRock Inc. (6.50%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.31%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (3.54%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.28%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.86%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan L Sell, Bryan L Sell, Dennis Hogue, H Allan Dow, James C Edenfield, James R Mcguone, Lizanne Thomas, Matthew G Mckenna, Thomas L V Newberry, Valerie Paige King and Vincent C Klinges.
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Shares of AMSWA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMSWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.08.

American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) has a market capitalization of $441.84 million and generates $127.55 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $12.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 418 workers across the globe.

American Software's mailing address is 470 EAST PACES FERRY ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA, 30305. The official website for the company is www.amsoftware.com. The software maker can be reached via phone at (404) 261-4381 or via fax at 404-264-5206.