NASDAQ:EPAY - Bottomline Technologies Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Bottomline Technologies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EPAY."

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 8th. The technology company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33. The technology company earned $102.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $99.90 million. Bottomline Technologies had a return on equity of 9.56% and a net margin of 3.43%. The company's revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.30 EPS. View Bottomline Technologies' Earnings History.

Bottomline Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Bottomline Technologies.

7 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Bottomline Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $88.00. On average, they expect Bottomline Technologies' stock price to reach $63.8571 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bottomline Technologies.

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

Press coverage about EPAY stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bottomline Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Bottomline Technologies saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 798,511 shares, a drop of 42.7% from the September 28th total of 1,392,789 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 438,323 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Bottomline Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Bottomline Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.89%), Capital World Investors (8.53%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (4.21%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.00%), North Star Asset Management Inc. (1.67%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.64%). Company insiders that own Bottomline Technologies stock include Benjamin E Robinson III, Jeffrey C Leathe, Jennifer M Gray, John Francis Kelly, Joseph L Mullen, Ken D'amato, Nigel K Savory, Norman J Deluca, Peter Gibson, Richard Douglas Booth and Robert A Eberle. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Bottomline Technologies.

EPAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, North Star Asset Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC and Mackenzie Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Bottomline Technologies company stock in the last year include Benjamin E Robinson III, Jeffrey C Leathe, Jennifer M Gray, John Francis Kelly, Joseph L Mullen, Ken D'amato, Nigel K Savory, Norman J Deluca, Richard Douglas Booth and Robert A Eberle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bottomline Technologies.

EPAY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, BlackRock Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bottomline Technologies.

Shares of EPAY 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EPAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.44.

Bottomline Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion and generates $394.10 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $9.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.76 on an earnings per share basis. Bottomline Technologies employs 1,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bottomline Technologies is http://www.bottomline.com.

Bottomline Technologies' mailing address is 325 CORPORATE DRIVE, PORTSMOUTH NH, 03801. The technology company can be reached via phone at 603-436-0700 or via email at [email protected]