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

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

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The technology company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.02. The technology company earned $108.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $105.98 million. Bottomline Technologies had a net margin of 2.10% and a return on equity of 5.75%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.33 earnings per share. View Bottomline Technologies' Earnings History.

Bottomline Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bottomline Technologies.

Bottomline Technologies updated its FY 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.35-1.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.39. The company issued revenue guidance of $$442-452 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$448.8 million.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Bottomline Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $57.50. On average, they anticipate Bottomline Technologies' stock price to reach $53.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Bottomline Technologies.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bottomline Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bottomline Technologies.

Media stories about EPAY stock have trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bottomline Technologies earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Bottomline Technologies.

Bottomline Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,090,000 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the November 28th total of 910,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 283,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Bottomline Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bottomline Technologies investors own include Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Square (SQ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Oracle (ORCL), salesforce.com (CRM) and Mastercard (MA).

Bottomline Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and We Are One Seven LLC (0.03%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and We Are One Seven LLC. 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, Ken D'amato, Nigel K Savory, Norman J Deluca, Richard Douglas Booth and Robert A Eberle. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EPAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.05.

Bottomline Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and generates $421.96 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $9.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 on an earnings per share basis. Bottomline Technologies employs 1,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Bottomline Technologies.

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]