Progress Software (PRGS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progress Software in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" PRGS shares.
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5 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Progress Software's stock. Their PRGS share price forecasts range from $62.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $64.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price.
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Progress Software's stock was trading at $50.45 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, PRGS stock has increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $56.30.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 26th 2023.
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Progress Software will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, September 26th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Progress Software Co. (NASDAQ:PRGS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 29th. The software maker reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.16. The software maker earned $179.23 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $169.78 million. Progress Software had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.44% and a net margin of 12.49%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 18.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share.

Progress Software declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.23%. The dividend payout ratio is 38.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PRGS will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.42% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Progress Software issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.16-$4.24 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.14. The company issued revenue guidance of $690.00 million-$698.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $683.76 million.

139 employees have rated Progress Software Chief Executive Officer Yogesh Gupta on Glassdoor.com. Yogesh Gupta has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Yogesh Gupta in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Progress Software trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PRGS."

Progress Software's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (3.68%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.08%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.40%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.30%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.17%) and Paradice Investment Management LLC (1.74%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Folger, Charles Francis Kane, Domenic Lococo, Gary Quinn, Ian Pitt, Jennifer Ortiz, Jeremy Segal, John Ainsworth, Kathryn Kulikoski, Loren Jarrett, Rainer Gawlick, Sundar Subramanian, Yogesh K Gupta and Yufan Stephanie Wang.
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One share of PRGS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.30.

Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion and generates $602.01 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $95.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.84 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,071 workers across the globe.

Progress Software's mailing address is 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA, 01730. The official website for the company is www.progress.com. The software maker can be reached via phone at (781) 280-4000, via email at investor-relations@progress.com, or via fax at 781-280-4095.