NASDAQ:EGOV - NIC Stock Price, Forecast & News

NIC's stock was trading at $17.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EGOV stock has increased by 35.4% and is now trading at $23.14. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NIC in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for NIC.

NIC is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NIC.

NIC Inc. (NASDAQ:EGOV) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The software maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.01. The software maker had revenue of $87.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $85.26 million. NIC had a net margin of 14.24% and a return on equity of 22.11%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.15 EPS. View NIC's earnings history.

NIC declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Wednesday, March 18th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from NIC's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. View NIC's dividend history.

NIC updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.76-81 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $380.5-$391.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $379.38 million.

4 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for NIC's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate NIC's share price to reach $24.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NIC.

Headlines about EGOV stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NIC earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutNIC.

NIC saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,238,700 shares, an increase of 35.7% from the February 27th total of 912,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 377,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View NIC's Current Options Chain.

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NIC trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EGOV."

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One share of EGOV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.14.

NIC has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion and generates $354.20 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $50.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.77 on an earnings per share basis. NIC employs 920 workers across the globe. View additional information about NIC.

The official website for NIC is http://www.egov.com/.

NIC's mailing address is 25501 West Valley Parkway Suite 300, Olathe KS, 66061. The software maker can be reached via phone at 877-234-3468 or via email at [email protected]