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PAR Technology Corporation PAR
$14.25 -0.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $587.8M
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -62.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 77.3 percentage points.
- The stock is 64% below its highest close of the past year.
- 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)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 28%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 25%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Interest coverBottom 18%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
- 6-month returnBottom 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 4%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 20%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 23.9% | 18.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 44.8% | 38.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -15.5% | -10.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -4.1% | -3.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.8% | 23.9% | ↓ | Top 36% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 44.8% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | -10.9% | -15.5% | ↑ | Bottom 25% |
| Net margin | -14.5% | -20.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.8% | -4.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.3% | — | Bottom 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 20.2% | — | Top 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.7 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -12.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.32%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +14.7%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $20.92
- Target vs current price
- +46.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 83%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +47.5% | -2.8% | +1.6% | +6.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +42.9% | +8.2% | +2.3% | +4.8% | +25.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -25.0% | +8.1% | -10.2% | -35.6% | -31.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +380.0% | -2.3% | +15.3% | +1.5% | -33.0% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | -25.0% | -19.5% | -10.7% | -16.8% | -39.1% |
| May 9, 2025 | +80.0% | +3.7% | +11.3% | +6.9% | -4.0% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -425.0% | +13.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% | +8.6% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +43.8% | +11.6% | +9.7% | +18.3% | +7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.12 | +47.5% | $133.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.07 | +42.9% | $124.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.08 | -25.0% | $120.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.06 | -$0.02 | +380.0% | $119.2M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.04 | -25.0% | $112.4M |
| May 9, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.05 | +80.0% | $103.9M |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.04 | -425.0% | $105.0M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -$0.09 | -$0.16 | +43.8% | $96.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 18.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 2.02× | — | — | Top 29% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.19% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | -12.42% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.3%
- RSI (14)
- 34.0
- Relative volume
- 0.55×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 42th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -64.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -85.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 10, 2026 | -86.7% | 1289 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 12, 2020 | -19.8% | 10 days | 22 days (Nov 11, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -15.5% | 7 days | 2 days (Feb 2, 2021) |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Jan 12, 2021 | -12.1% | 16 days | 2 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $587.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.77
- Revenue (TTM)
- $496.7M
- 52-week range
- $11.59 – $40.54
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $282.9M | $262.3M | $276.7M | $350.0M | $455.5M |
| Gross profit | $62.1M | $81.7M | $89.4M | $146.1M | $198.0M |
| Operating income | -$53.9M | -$69.1M | -$71.7M | -$79.1M | -$68.8M |
| Net income | -$75.8M | -$69.3M | -$69.8M | -$5.0M | -$84.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.02 | -$2.55 | -$2.53 | -$0.14 | -$2.09 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $96.8M | $105.0M | $103.9M | $112.4M | $119.2M | $120.1M | $124.0M | $133.4M |
| Net income | -$19.8M | -$21.1M | -$24.4M | -$21.0M | -$18.2M | -$20.9M | -$16.2M | -$16.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.55 | -$0.68 | -$0.61 | -$0.52 | -$0.45 | -$0.52 | -$0.39 | -$0.41 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$53.2M | -$43.1M | -$17.1M | -$25.2M | -$27.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$8.3M | -$7.4M | -$10.4M | -$6.8M | -$3.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$61.4M | -$50.5M | -$27.4M | -$32.0M | -$30.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $209.7M | -$3.1M | -$2.7M | $189.4M | -$5.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $14.7M
- Total assets
- $1.37B
- Total liabilities
- $556.1M
- Total debt
- $431.5M
- Net debt
- $417.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $813.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2017 | $0.02 | Oct 16, 2017 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,044,818
- Days to cover
- 10.82
- Change vs previous report
- -1.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 9, 2006
- 3-for-2