ePlus Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:PLUS)

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

Shares of ePlus split before market open on Monday, April 3rd 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, February 2nd 2017. The newly minted 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 quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The software maker reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.12. The software maker earned $381.37 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $355.15 million. ePlus had a return on equity of 16.10% and a net margin of 4.59%. View ePlus' Earnings History.

ePlus is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for ePlus.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for ePlus' shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate ePlus' stock price to reach $84.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% 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 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ePlus.

News coverage about PLUS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ePlus earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for ePlus.

ePlus saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 201,100 shares, a decrease of 24.7% from the August 30th total of 267,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 108,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View ePlus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ePlus include Presidio (PSDO), ScanSource (SCSC), Wayside Technology Group (WSTG), Applied Visual Sciences (APVS) and Speed Commerce (SPDC).

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

ePlus' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.59%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.24%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Scout Investments Inc. and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ePlus company stock in the last year include Elaine D Marion and Lawrence S Herman. View Insider Buying and Selling for ePlus.

PLUS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $75.37.

ePlus has a market capitalization of $1.02 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]