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ePlus inc. PLUS
$93.40 +0.55% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.44B
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Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +28.6%).
- The shares trade at 19.5× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 64 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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 26%
- Gross marginBottom 17%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.8% | 14.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 20.5% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 24.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 6.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.7% | 2.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.7% | 19.8% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.4% | 20.5% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 25.8% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 5.9% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 5.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.2% | 4.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.3% | — | Top 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.7% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.47×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -8.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.26×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.10%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.02%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
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 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +28.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- 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 | +7.6% | +3.6% | -3.6% | -6.1% | — |
| May 28, 2026 | +2.0% | -0.6% | -9.9% | -9.1% | -2.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +43.6% | +1.3% | +1.6% | -5.2% | -0.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +61.1% | -0.9% | +23.6% | +21.8% | +14.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +13.5% | -0.5% | +16.4% | +12.8% | +12.5% |
| May 22, 2025 | +27.6% | +0.5% | +8.8% | +9.8% | +10.2% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | -13.1% | +0.9% | -13.9% | -19.8% | -21.4% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -2.2% | -2.2% | -18.4% | -18.8% | -27.5% |
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 | $1.28 | $1.19 | +7.6% | $649.1M |
| May 28, 2026 | $1.00 | $0.98 | +2.0% | $576.2M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.45 | $1.01 | +43.6% | $614.8M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.53 | $0.95 | +61.1% | $608.8M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.11 | +13.5% | $637.3M |
| May 22, 2025 | $1.11 | $0.87 | +27.6% | $498.1M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.06 | $1.22 | -13.1% | $511.0M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $1.36 | $1.39 | -2.2% | $148.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.5× | 16.2× | 86th | Top 16% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 0.81× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.25% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Earnings yield | 5.12% | — | — | Top 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.9× – 23.6× 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
- +30.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +11.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +37.5%
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
- 4
- Days above the 200-day average
- 64
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.7%
- RSI (14)
- 60.8
- Relative volume
- 1.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -46.1% | 120 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Sep 26, 2022 | -36.5% | 219 days | 217 days (Aug 8, 2023) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Jul 6, 2021 | -19.6% | 78 days | 33 days (Aug 20, 2021) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Feb 7, 2024 | -16.1% | 27 days | 14 days (Feb 28, 2024) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -14.7% | 9 days | 8 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.44B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.78
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.45B
- Dividend yield
- 1.11%
- 52-week range
- $69.25 – $98.14
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.82B | $2.07B | $2.23B | $2.07B | $2.44B |
| Gross profit | $461.5M | $517.5M | $534.2M | $550.5M | $589.5M |
| Operating income | $147.3M | $166.2M | $158.3M | $141.4M | $166.1M |
| Net income | $105.6M | $119.4M | $115.8M | $108.0M | $128.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.93 | $4.48 | $4.33 | $4.06 | $5.03 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $493.4M | $511.0M | $498.1M | $637.3M | $608.8M | $614.8M | $581.6M | $649.1M |
| Net income | $31.3M | $24.1M | $25.2M | $37.7M | $34.9M | $35.1M | $25.6M | $30.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.17 | $0.91 | $0.95 | $1.26 | $1.32 | $1.33 | $0.97 | $1.16 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$20.6M | -$15.4M | $248.4M | $302.1M | -$116.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$23.2M | -$9.4M | -$8.5M | -$6.6M | -$4.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$43.8M | -$24.8M | $239.9M | $295.5M | -$120.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$19.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$13.6M | -$7.2M | -$6.8M | -$43.3M | -$27.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $448.9M
- Total assets
- $1.87B
- Total liabilities
- $795.0M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$448.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.07B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.27 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $0.27 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.25 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.25 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.25 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2012 | $2.50 | Dec 26, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,412,756
- Days to cover
- 7.82
- Change vs previous report
- +6.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2-for-1
- Apr 3, 2017
- 2-for-1