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Freshworks Inc. FRSH
$13.22 +3.44% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.53B
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 3.3% from -10.4% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 7.3% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 51 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 21%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
- Gross marginTop 5%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 12%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 32%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.9% | 15.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 84.6% | 85.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -10.4% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 24.5% | 27.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.6% | 15.9% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Gross margin | 85.0% | 84.6% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | -10.4% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 20.5% | -7.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.6% | 24.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | — | Bottom 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.0% | — | Top 21% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.38×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 14.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -6.04×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 10.29%
- Shareholder yield
- 10.29%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +20.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.60
- Target vs current price
- +10.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +30.4% | +2.3% | +1.8% | +18.3% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +0.0% | +2.3% | -4.1% | +13.1% | +25.4% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +27.3% | +1.2% | -15.5% | -7.3% | +3.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +23.1% | +1.3% | +6.6% | +14.0% | -2.4% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +50.0% | -0.6% | -7.2% | -3.1% | -17.8% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +38.5% | +1.5% | +2.6% | +5.4% | +0.9% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +40.0% | -2.4% | -3.8% | -18.9% | -22.3% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +37.5% | +5.2% | +32.6% | +31.4% | +48.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.13 | +30.4% | $237.4M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.11 | +0.0% | $228.6M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.11 | +27.3% | $222.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.13 | +23.1% | $215.1M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.12 | +50.0% | $204.7M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.13 | +38.5% | $196.3M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.10 | +40.0% | $194.6M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.11 | $0.08 | +37.5% | $186.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 20.4× | — | — | Top 17% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 39.5× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| EV / Sales | 3.39× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.07% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 4.89% | — | — | Top 17% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 74
- Days above the 200-day average
- 51
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +29.6%
- RSI (14)
- 58.7
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 48.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -5.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2021 | Feb 23, 2026 | -86.3% | 1081 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | -17.4% | 10 days | 17 days (Oct 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.53B
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.65
- Revenue (TTM)
- $903.9M
- 52-week range
- $6.79 – $13.99
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $371.0M | $498.0M | $596.4M | $720.4M | $838.8M |
| Gross profit | $293.0M | $402.2M | $493.1M | $607.1M | $712.7M |
| Operating income | -$204.8M | -$233.4M | -$170.2M | -$138.6M | $13.6M |
| Net income | -$192.0M | -$232.1M | -$137.4M | -$95.4M | $183.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$10.39 | -$0.82 | -$0.47 | -$0.32 | $0.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $186.6M | $194.6M | $196.3M | $204.7M | $215.1M | $222.7M | $228.6M | $237.4M |
| Net income | -$30.0M | -$21.9M | -$1.3M | -$1.7M | -$4.7M | $191.4M | -$4.8M | $3.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | -$0.07 | -$0.00 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | $0.67 | -$0.02 | $0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $11.5M | -$2.5M | $86.2M | $160.6M | $250.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.1M | -$12.2M | -$8.3M | -$14.7M | -$5.7M |
| Free cash flow | $2.3M | -$14.8M | $77.8M | $146.0M | $245.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.07B | $10.9M | $7.4M | -$7.0M | -$380.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $664.1M
- Total assets
- $1.49B
- Total liabilities
- $594.5M
- Total debt
- $25.6M
- Net debt
- -$469.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $895.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 22,191,890
- Days to cover
- 6.04
- Change vs previous report
- -5.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.