QAD Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QAD in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" QAD stock.
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QAD is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 25th 2021.
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QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 23rd. The software maker reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.38. The software maker had revenue of $82.98 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.12 million. QAD had a net margin of 4.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.38%.
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QAD's stock was trading at $40.74 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, QADA stock has increased by 93.9% and is now trading at $79.00.
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QAD declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 28th will be given a dividend of $0.072 per share on Wednesday, May 5th. This represents a $0.29 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 27th.
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QAD pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.38%. QAD does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of QAD is 52.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, QAD will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.18% next year. This indicates that QAD will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for QAD's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate QAD's share price to reach $77.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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12 employees have rated QAD CEO Anton Chilton on Glassdoor.com. Anton Chilton has an approval rating of 100% among QAD's employees. This puts Anton Chilton in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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QAD trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QADA."

QAD's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.13%), Nantahala Capital Management LLC (4.63%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.69%), Geneva Capital Management LLC (2.54%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.81%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.44%). Company insiders that own QAD stock include Anton Chilton, Daniel Lender and Pamela M Lopker.
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QADA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nantahala Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Harspring Capital Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, EAM Global Investors LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and EAM Investors LLC. Company insiders that have sold QAD company stock in the last year include Anton Chilton, and Daniel Lender.
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QADA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Geneva Capital Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Geode Capital Management LLC, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A..
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Shares of QADA 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 QADA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.00.

QAD has a market capitalization of $1.64 billion and generates $307.86 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $11.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.55 on an earnings per share basis.

QAD employs 1,930 workers across the globe.

The official website for QAD is www.qad.com.

QAD is headquartered at 100 INNOVATION PLACE, SANTA BARBARA CA, 93108.

QAD's mailing address is 100 INNOVATION PLACE, SANTA BARBARA CA, 93108. The software maker can be reached via phone at 805-566-6000 or via email at [email protected]