NASDAQ:EGOVNIC Stock Price, Forecast & News

NIC's stock was trading at $17.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EGOV stock has increased by 30.5% and is now trading at $22.30. 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 27th. The software maker reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18. The software maker had revenue of $91.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.46 million. NIC had a return on equity of 21.07% and a net margin of 14.10%. NIC's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.17 earnings per share. View NIC's earnings history.

NIC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. 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 earnings per share (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 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for NIC's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate NIC's share price to reach $27.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NIC.

Headlines about EGOV stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NIC earned a daily sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about NIC.

NIC saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the June 15th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 509,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.34%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%) and 6 Meridian (0.02%). Company insiders that own NIC stock include Stephen M Kovzan, Venmal (Raji) Arasu 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 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold NIC company stock in the last year include Venmal (Raji) Arasu, 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 Diversified Trust Co, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. 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 $22.30.

NIC has a market capitalization of $1.49 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]