Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
N-able, Inc. NABL
$4.23 -2.53% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $796.8M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.02, down 284.3% year over year.
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below 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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 29%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginTop 16%
- Operating marginTop 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 15%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 2%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 25%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.0% | 10.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -165.7% | -284.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 79.4% | 77.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 10.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.4% | 13.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.7% | 12.0% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -284.3% | -165.7% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 77.3% | 79.4% | ↓ | Top 16% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 10.7% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 0.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.3% | 14.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.3% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.2% | — | Top 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -48.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.70×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.23%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -8.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.47
- Target vs current price
- +5.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 17%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +1.7% | -35.7% | -31.1% | -18.6% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +0.0% | -3.0% | -33.5% | -27.7% | -4.7% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -40.0% | -10.9% | -17.5% | -5.3% | -37.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +44.4% | +9.3% | +3.0% | -5.0% | -28.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +22.2% | +2.4% | -3.4% | -2.1% | -3.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | +33.3% | +5.7% | +13.2% | +13.3% | +12.0% |
| Mar 3, 2025 | +25.0% | -28.2% | -26.7% | -27.6% | -20.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +30.0% | -6.0% | -13.4% | -19.7% | -22.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.10 | +1.7% | $138.2M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.09 | +0.0% | $133.7M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.10 | -40.0% | $130.3M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.09 | +44.4% | $131.7M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.09 | +22.2% | $131.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.06 | +33.3% | $118.2M |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.08 | +25.0% | $116.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.13 | $0.10 | +30.0% | $116.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 10.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.4× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 2.09× | — | — | Top 29% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.88% | — | — | Top 16% |
| Earnings yield | -0.58% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 44.5× – 176.4× since Mar 31, 2022. 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
- -45.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -284.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 5
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.2%
- RSI (14)
- 55.6
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 115.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.92
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -50.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -80.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2021 | Jun 22, 2026 | -81.3% | 1236 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $796.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $533.9M
- 52-week range
- $2.92 – $8.74
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $346.5M | $371.8M | $421.9M | $466.1M | $511.4M |
| Gross profit | $294.0M | $313.2M | $353.7M | $385.5M | $392.8M |
| Operating income | $33.3M | $47.4M | $70.3M | $82.4M | $57.7M |
| Net income | $113,000 | $16.7M | $23.4M | $31.0M | -$17.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.00 | $0.09 | $0.13 | $0.16 | -$0.09 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $116.4M | $116.5M | $118.2M | $131.2M | $131.7M | $130.3M | $133.7M | $138.2M |
| Net income | $10.8M | $3.3M | -$7.2M | -$4.0M | $1.4M | -$7.2M | -$615,000 | $1.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.02 | -$0.04 | -$0.02 | $0.01 | -$0.04 | -$0.00 | $0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $45.3M | $71.4M | $90.1M | $79.4M | $93.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.8M | -$21.0M | -$22.3M | -$23.7M | -$18.1M |
| Free cash flow | $10.5M | $50.4M | $67.8M | $55.7M | $75.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$216.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $216.0M | $0 | -$12.0M | $2.4M | -$27.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $115.8M
- Total assets
- $1.40B
- Total liabilities
- $590.9M
- Total debt
- $436.5M
- Net debt
- $320.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $804.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,123,250
- Days to cover
- 2.02
- Change vs previous report
- +20.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.