Progress Software - PRGS Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progress Software in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PRGS shares.
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5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Progress Software's stock. Their PRGS share price forecasts range from $46.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $52.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price.
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Progress Software's stock was trading at $48.27 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, PRGS stock has increased by 8.7% and is now trading at $52.49.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 17th 2023.
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Progress Software Co. (NASDAQ:PRGS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, September, 27th. The software maker reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.03. The software maker earned $153.06 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $148.10 million. Progress Software had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.31% and a net margin of 14.75%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.06 EPS.

Progress Software announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.33%. The dividend payout ratio is 35.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PRGS will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.67% 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 fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.06-$1.10 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $158.00 million-$166.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $165.09 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.60%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (4.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (3.74%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.09%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.70%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Folger, Charles Francis Kane, Domenic Lococo, Gary Quinn, Jennifer Ortiz, Jeremy Segal, John Ainsworth, Kathryn Kulikoski, Loren Jarrett, Paul A Jalbert, Rainer Gawlick and Yogesh K Gupta.
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Shares of PRGS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PRGS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.49.

Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) has a market capitalization of $2.26 billion and generates $531.31 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $78.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,103 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.