NASDAQ:PLUS - ePlus Stock Price, Forecast & News

ePlus trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLUS."

ePlus shares split on Monday, April 3rd 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, February 2nd 2017. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 31st 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of ePlus stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

ePlus Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.79. The software maker earned $411.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $364.35 million. ePlus had a return on equity of 15.47% and a net margin of 4.52%. View ePlus' Earnings History.

ePlus is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ePlus.

2 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for ePlus' shares. Their forecasts range from $91.00 to $98.00. On average, they anticipate ePlus' share price to reach $94.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for ePlus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ePlus in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ePlus.

Press coverage about PLUS stock has trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ePlus earned a news sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ePlus.

ePlus saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 180,300 shares, an increase of 34.6% from the December 15th total of 134,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 68,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View ePlus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ePlus include Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), Splunk (SPLK), Synopsys (SNPS), ANSYS (ANSS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Fair Isaac (FICO), FactSet Research Systems (FDS) and Aspen Technology (AZPN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ePlus investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Endologix (ELGX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Honeywell International (HON), Athabasca Oil (ATH), AEGON (AEG) and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW).

ePlus' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.58%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. (0.06%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own ePlus stock include Darren S Raiguel, Elaine D Marion, Eric D Hovde, John E Callies, Lawrence S Herman, Mark P Marron and Phillip G Norton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ePlus.

PLUS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold ePlus company stock in the last year include Darren S Raiguel, Elaine D Marion, Lawrence S Herman and Mark P Marron. View Insider Buying and Selling for ePlus.

PLUS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for ePlus.

Shares of PLUS 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 PLUS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.25.

ePlus has a market capitalization of $1.17 billion and generates $1.37 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $63.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.65 on an earnings per share basis. ePlus employs 1,537 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About ePlus.

The official website for ePlus is http://www.eplus.com/.

ePlus' mailing address is 13595 DULLES TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, HERNDON VA, 20171. The software maker can be reached via phone at 703-984-8400 or via email at [email protected]