NASDAQ:PLUS - ePlus Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ePlus's stock split before market open on Monday, April 3rd 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, February 2nd 2017. The newly issued shares were payable 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.79. The software maker earned $411.57 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for ePlus' shares. Their forecasts range from $91.00 to $98.00. On average, they anticipate ePlus' stock price to reach $94.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% 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.

News stories about PLUS stock have been trending extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ePlus earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ePlus.

ePlus saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 180,300 shares, an increase of 34.6% from the December 31st total of 134,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 66,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View ePlus' Current Options Chain.

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ePlus' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.58%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Strs Ohio (0.07%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (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, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Strs Ohio 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and 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 $87.01.

ePlus has a market capitalization of $1.18 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]