Progress Software (PRGS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progress Software in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PRGS shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Progress Software's stock. Their PRGS share price forecasts range from $52.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $60.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price.
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Progress Software's stock was trading at $50.45 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PRGS stock has increased by 18.9% and is now trading at $59.99.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 27th 2023.
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Progress Software Co. (NASDAQ:PRGS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March, 28th. The software maker reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.05 by $0.14. The software maker had revenue of $165.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $158.77 million. Progress Software had a net margin of 15.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.85 EPS.

Progress Software announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 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 1.19%. The dividend payout ratio is 31.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PRGS will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Progress Software updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.09-$4.17 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.14. The company issued revenue guidance of $680.00 million-$688.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $679.42 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 investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (3.85%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (3.67%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.06%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.46%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.43%). 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 $59.99.

Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion and generates $621.32 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $95.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.23 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.