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PTC Inc. PTC
$144.03 -1.67% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $16.64B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.35, up 144.1% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 12 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +25.6%).
- The shares trade at 13.9× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
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%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 35%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 12%
- Gross marginTop 5%
- Operating marginTop 4%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Interest coverTop 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 28%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 50%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 27.7% | 19.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 188.2% | 144.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 82.2% | 84.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 30.0% | 37.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 34.2% | 31.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 19.5% | 27.7% | ↓ | Top 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 144.1% | 188.2% | ↓ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 84.1% | 82.2% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Operating margin | 37.8% | 30.0% | ↑ | Top 4% |
| Net margin | 41.4% | 20.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.7% | 34.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | — | Top 12% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.3% | — | Top 35% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.78×
- 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.
- 8.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.75×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 22.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.27%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.27%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 12
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +25.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $162.71
- Target vs current price
- +13.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +0.6% | +3.9% | +11.1% | +18.5% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +28.1% | -0.6% | +4.8% | +1.6% | -0.3% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +20.8% | +1.4% | +9.0% | +9.2% | -8.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +52.9% | -1.1% | -7.3% | -7.6% | -18.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +35.5% | -0.8% | +5.2% | +4.1% | -0.6% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +28.8% | +0.9% | +3.3% | +8.9% | +33.1% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +23.7% | -0.7% | -12.1% | -15.7% | -18.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +6.2% | +4.2% | +1.5% | +5.9% | +0.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.58 | $1.57 | +0.6% | $600.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $2.69 | $2.10 | +28.1% | $774.3M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.92 | $1.59 | +20.8% | $685.8M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $3.47 | $2.27 | +52.9% | $893.8M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.64 | $1.21 | +35.5% | $643.9M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.79 | $1.39 | +28.8% | $636.4M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.10 | $0.89 | +23.7% | $565.1M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.54 | $1.45 | +6.2% | $626.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.9× | 47.0× | 5th | Top 7% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7× | — | — | Top 14% |
| EV / Sales | 6.06× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.62% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | 7.19% | — | — | Top 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.3× – 90.7× 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
- -28.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +144.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -73.8%
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.7%
- RSI (14)
- 55.2
- Relative volume
- 0.64×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.96
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | Jun 23, 2026 | -48.1% | 205 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Apr 27, 2022 | -36.1% | 192 days | 390 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -32.3% | 79 days | 62 days (Jul 9, 2025) |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -19.0% | 11 days | 25 days (Apr 13, 2021) |
| Apr 26, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -15.8% | 12 days | 50 days (Jul 23, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $16.64B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.35
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.95B
- 52-week range
- $108.50 – $206.82
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.81B | $1.93B | $2.10B | $2.30B | $2.74B |
| Gross profit | $1.44B | $1.55B | $1.66B | $1.85B | $2.29B |
| Operating income | $380.7M | $447.4M | $458.5M | $588.1M | $982.4M |
| Net income | $476.9M | $313.1M | $245.5M | $376.3M | $734.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.03 | $2.65 | $2.06 | $3.12 | $6.08 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $626.5M | $565.1M | $636.4M | $643.9M | $893.8M | $685.8M | $774.3M | $600.0M |
| Net income | $126.5M | $82.2M | $162.6M | $141.3M | $347.8M | $166.5M | $590.7M | $118.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.04 | $0.68 | $1.35 | $1.17 | $2.94 | $1.39 | $4.99 | $1.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $368.8M | $435.3M | $610.9M | $750.0M | $867.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$25.3M | -$25.9M | -$24.6M | -$18.4M | -$11.0M |
| Free cash flow | $343.5M | $409.4M | $586.2M | $731.6M | $856.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$8.4M | -$103.8M | $21.7M | $25.7M | -$273.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $351.5M
- Total assets
- $6.51B
- Total liabilities
- $3.04B
- Total debt
- $1.61B
- Net debt
- $1.26B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.47B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,947,413
- Days to cover
- 3.77
- Change vs previous report
- +4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 28, 2006
- 2-for-5
- Mar 9, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Mar 1, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Feb 26, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Feb 26, 1992
- 2-for-1