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Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. PRTH
$7.78 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $640.7M
Strong growthInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.68, up 161.2% year over year.
- Net debt is 3.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.00B, up 8.9% from a year earlier.
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 41%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 17%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginTop 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Interest coverBottom 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 4%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 44%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 4%
- 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 beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 42%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.8% | 8.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 39.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 13.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.1% | 10.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.9% | 8.8% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 161.2% | — | Top 11% | |
| Gross margin | 39.4% | 33.6% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 15.5% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 4.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.4% | 4.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.5% | — | Top 17% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.8% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.28×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.04×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.44%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.44%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.3%
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
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -7.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.70
- Target vs current price
- -1.0%
- 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 6, 2026 | +11.5% | -19.2% | -22.2% | -19.1% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +27.3% | +5.7% | +4.1% | +6.0% | +18.5% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | -3.6% | +0.6% | -5.8% | -10.2% | +9.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -6.7% | -30.1% | -16.7% | -17.4% | -19.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +4.0% | +9.6% | +16.9% | +15.7% | +0.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | +10.0% | -8.9% | -3.8% | +14.5% | -9.5% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | +200.0% | -14.6% | -16.6% | -19.6% | -6.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +438.5% | -0.2% | +27.0% | +47.4% | +54.5% |
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 | $0.29 | $0.26 | +11.5% | $262.3M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.22 | +27.3% | $249.6M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.28 | -3.6% | $247.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.30 | -6.7% | $241.4M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.25 | +4.0% | $239.8M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.20 | +10.0% | $224.6M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.06 | +200.0% | $227.1M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.01 | +438.5% | $227.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.4× | — | — | Top 4% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.1× | — | — | Top 2% |
| EV / Sales | 1.57× | — | — | Top 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 16.19% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | 8.74% | — | — | Top 4% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.9× – 28.6× 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
- +13.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +161.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -72.4%
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
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 17
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +25.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +32.7%
- RSI (14)
- 78.0
- Relative volume
- 0.47×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 83.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.48
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -62.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2021 | Dec 6, 2023 | -68.4% | 701 days | 245 days (Nov 26, 2024) |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | -62.3% | 307 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -19.4% | 19 days | 7 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | -14.6% | 16 days | 2 days (Dec 24, 2024) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 | -13.2% | 2 days | 2 days (Dec 1, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $640.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.00B
- 52-week range
- $4.44 – $7.91
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $514.9M | $663.6M | $755.6M | $879.7M | $953.0M |
| Gross profit | $155.0M | $226.9M | $275.3M | $328.1M | $203.7M |
| Operating income | $33.1M | $56.2M | $81.5M | $133.4M | $141.2M |
| Net income | $1.4M | -$2.1M | -$1.3M | $24.0M | $55.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.34 | -$0.50 | -$0.63 | -$0.31 | $0.68 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $227.0M | $227.1M | $224.6M | $239.8M | $241.4M | $247.1M | $249.6M | $262.3M |
| Net income | $10.6M | $7.9M | $8.3M | $10.9M | $27.6M | $8.9M | $9.8M | $9.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.07 | -$0.05 | $0.10 | $0.14 | $0.34 | $0.10 | $0.12 | $0.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $9.4M | $70.5M | $81.3M | $85.6M | $100.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.7M | -$18.9M | -$21.3M | -$21.7M | -$24.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$342,000 | $51.6M | $60.0M | $63.9M | $75.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$54.6M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.7M | -$7.5M | -$1.3M | -$1.5M | -$9.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $120.3M
- Total assets
- $2.50B
- Total liabilities
- $2.57B
- Total debt
- $1.05B
- Net debt
- $927.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$79.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,905,204
- Days to cover
- 4.87
- Change vs previous report
- +4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.