NASDAQ:EGOVNIC 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. Since then, EGOV stock has increased by 40.8% and is now trading at $24.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NIC in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 1 buy rating 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 Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NIC.

NIC Inc. (NASDAQ:EGOV) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The software maker reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.18. The software maker earned $91.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.46 million. NIC had a return on equity of 21.07% and a net margin of 14.10%. The business's revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.17 earnings per share. View NIC's earnings history.

NIC declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 10th. View NIC's dividend history.

NIC updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.78. The company issued revenue guidance of $380.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $385.64 million.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for NIC's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate NIC's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NIC.

News articles about EGOV stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NIC earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the software maker a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutNIC.

NIC saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,450,000 shares, an increase of 18.9% from the April 15th total of 1,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 455,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.2% 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."

NIC's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.82%), Brown Capital Management LLC (5.72%), State Street Corp (3.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.28%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (2.15%) and Eaton Vance Management (2.10%). Company insiders that own NIC stock include Stephen M Kovzan and William M Lyons. View institutional ownership trends for NIC.

EGOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Deutsche Bank AG, APG Asset Management N.V., BlackRock Inc., Columbus Circle Investors, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Squarepoint Ops LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold NIC company stock in the last year include Stephen M Kovzan, and William M Lyons. View insider buying and selling activity for NIC.

EGOV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Aviva PLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, and State Street Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for NIC.

Shares of EGOV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of EGOV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.06.

NIC has a market capitalization of $1.61 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.

The official website for NIC is 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]