NASDAQ:PLUS - ePlus Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Saturday, August 19th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 500,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

ePlus Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 24th. The software maker reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.03. The software maker had revenue of $330.43 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $352.50 million. ePlus had a return on equity of 15.10% and a net margin of 3.91%. View ePlus' Earnings History.

ePlus is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for ePlus.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for ePlus' stock. Their predictions range from $85.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect ePlus' stock price to reach $85.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%. View Analyst Ratings 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."

Some companies that are related to ePlus include SYNNEX (SNX), Tech Data (TECD), Presidio (PSDO), ScanSource (SCSC), Wayside Technology Group (WSTG), Applied Visual Sciences (APVS), Speed Commerce (SPDC) and SED International (SEDN).

News stories about PLUS stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. ePlus earned a media sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the software maker an impact score of 45.35 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

ePlus' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.62%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. (0.17%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%). Company insiders that own ePlus stock include Bruce M Bowen, C Thomas Faulders III, Elaine D Marion, Eric D Hovde, John E Callies, Lawrence S Herman, Mark P Marron, Phillip G Norton and Terrence Odonnell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ePlus.

PLUS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ePlus company stock in the last year include Bruce M Bowen, C Thomas Faulders III, Elaine D Marion, Eric D Hovde, John E Callies, Lawrence S Herman, Mark P Marron and Phillip G Norton. 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. and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PLUS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $99.60.

ePlus has a market capitalization of $1.35 billion and generates $1.41 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $55.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.22 on an earnings per share basis. ePlus employs 1,260 workers across the globe.

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]