American Software - AMSWA Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Software in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMSWA shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Software's stock. Their AMSWA share price forecasts range from $21.50 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $26.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 83.8% from the stock's current price.
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American Software's stock was trading at $26.17 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AMSWA stock has decreased by 44.9% and is now trading at $14.42.
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American Software saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 326,000 shares, a decline of 19.3% from the October 31st total of 403,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 138,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 18th. The software maker reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.05. The software maker had revenue of $31.21 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $29.99 million. American Software had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.34% and a net margin of 8.27%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.03 EPS.

American Software announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Investors of record on Friday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 2nd.
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American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.96%. The dividend payout ratio is 141.94%. 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 157.14% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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American Software updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $125.50 million-$127.50 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $133.39 million.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (9.52%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (9.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.94%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.36%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.57%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.87%). 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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One share of AMSWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.42.

American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) has a market capitalization of $485.91 million and generates $127.55 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $12.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.31 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.