NASDAQ:QADAQAD Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 shares have increased by 10.7% and is now trading at $45.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QAD in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for QAD.

QAD is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for QAD.

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 18th. The software maker reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.08. The software maker had revenue of $78.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.73 million. QAD had a negative net margin of 4.28% and a negative return on equity of 1.48%. QAD's revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.24 EPS. View QAD's earnings history.

QAD declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.072 per share on Wednesday, April 29th. This represents a $0.29 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 21st. View QAD's dividend history.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for QAD's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate QAD's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for QAD.

News stories about QADA stock have trended negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. QAD earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutQAD.

QAD saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 174,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the April 30th total of 162,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 59,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View QAD's Current Options Chain.

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

QAD's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.17%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.46%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (2.10%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.79%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.50%) and State Street Corp (1.29%). Company insiders that own QAD stock include Cuylenburg Peter Van, Daniel Lender, Kara Bellamy, Leslie Stretch and Pamela M Lopker. View institutional ownership trends for QAD.

QADA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, AltraVue Capital LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Two Sigma Advisers LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold QAD company stock in the last year include Daniel Lender, Leslie Stretch, and Pamela M Lopker. View insider buying and selling activity for QAD.

QADA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Harspring Capital Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Wells Fargo & Company MN, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Wasatch Advisors Inc., and State Street Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for QAD.

Shares of QADA 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of QADA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.08.

QAD has a market capitalization of $921.12 million and generates $310.77 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $-15,950,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.79) on an earnings per share basis. QAD employs 1,920 workers across the globe.

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

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