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$43.58 -1.58% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $583.5M
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +7.2%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 50 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.13, up 31.0% year over year.
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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginBottom 21%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverTop 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 13%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
- 6-month returnTop 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.0% | 15.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 39.7% | 31.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 29.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 8.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.9% | 4.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.4% | 17.0% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.0% | 39.7% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 30.9% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 8.3% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 6.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.8% | 4.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.5% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.2% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.27×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.39×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 111.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.35%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $24.00
- Target vs current price
- -44.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | +0.6% | +0.6% | +8.7% | — | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +6.4% | -0.8% | +9.4% | +6.0% | +24.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +10.8% | -0.8% | -12.5% | -12.6% | -18.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +11.1% | -1.5% | -1.7% | -1.8% | -7.2% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | +18.4% | +5.3% | +39.6% | +29.6% | +27.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | +12.3% | +1.7% | +11.1% | +17.3% | +11.7% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +20.4% | -0.7% | +19.1% | +11.8% | +14.4% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +8.3% | -0.5% | +1.2% | +0.4% | +12.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.85 | +0.6% | $164.3M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.86 | +6.4% | $164.4M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.87 | $0.79 | +10.8% | $164.2M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.90 | $0.81 | +11.1% | $151.2M |
| Sep 11, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.74 | +18.4% | $147.1M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.73 | +12.3% | $140.7M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.49 | +20.4% | $140.7M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.52 | $0.48 | +8.3% | $129.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.9× | 12.8× | 67th | Top 7% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.9× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.95× | — | — | Top 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.35% | — | — | Top 33% |
| Earnings yield | 7.18% | — | — | Top 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.8× – 153.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +7.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +31.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -6.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 67
- Days above the 200-day average
- 50
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +9.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +13.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +30.1%
- RSI (14)
- 65.0
- Relative volume
- 0.35×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 29th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.99
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -37.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2023 | Apr 17, 2024 | -56.0% | 291 days | 266 days (May 9, 2025) |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Dec 2, 2021 | -51.9% | 160 days | 244 days (Nov 21, 2022) |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | -37.1% | 131 days | 123 days (Sep 23, 2026) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -19.2% | 17 days | 32 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -16.2% | 11 days | 15 days (Nov 18, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $583.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $644.1M
- 52-week range
- $25.94 – $45.28
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $492.9M | $523.1M | $508.6M | $558.3M | $644.1M |
| Gross profit | $118.9M | $148.1M | $152.0M | $172.6M | $187.9M |
| Operating income | $20.6M | $40.5M | $39.4M | $46.6M | $55.0M |
| Net income | $21.5M | $31.6M | $33.7M | $36.9M | $46.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.15 | $1.67 | $1.84 | $2.36 | $3.13 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $129.7M | $140.7M | $140.7M | $147.1M | $151.2M | $164.2M | $164.4M | $164.3M |
| Net income | $7.5M | $9.3M | $10.5M | $9.6M | $12.0M | $12.2M | $13.3M | $8.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.43 | $0.57 | $0.73 | $0.66 | $0.82 | $0.83 | $0.89 | $0.59 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $40.0M | $41.9M | $35.9M | $45.7M | $59.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$25.9M | -$19.0M | -$8.9M | -$18.4M | -$27.8M |
| Free cash flow | $14.1M | $22.9M | $27.0M | $27.3M | $31.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.4M | -$276,000 | -$21.6M | -$78.0M | -$10.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $32.6M
- Total assets
- $309.1M
- Total liabilities
- $138.9M
- Total debt
- $62.4M
- Net debt
- $29.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $170.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 377,282
- Days to cover
- 2.08
- Change vs previous report
- -3.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.