Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Simulations Plus, Inc. SLP
$18.50 +0.05% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $374.2M
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 14.0% from -90.2% a year earlier.
- The shares trade at 46.3× trailing earnings, lower than 94% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 90 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)Bottom 22%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 37%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginTop 36%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 49%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
- 6-month returnTop 27%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.5% | 2.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 63.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -90.2% | 14.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.2% | 31.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.1% | 2.5% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 63.4% | 53.7% | ↑ | Top 36% |
| Operating margin | 14.0% | -90.2% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | -78.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.8% | 16.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.3% | — | Top 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 13.7% | — | Top 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +14.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.66×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.03%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $18.50
- Target vs current price
- +0.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | +29.0% | +0.4% | -0.1% | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| Apr 9, 2026 | +29.6% | -0.1% | +12.6% | +22.2% | +41.2% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | -27.8% | -4.9% | +4.7% | -25.5% | -34.4% |
| Dec 1, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.6% | +15.5% | +7.5% | -28.9% |
| Jul 14, 2025 | +73.1% | +3.0% | -26.5% | -16.5% | -2.4% |
| Apr 3, 2025 | +24.0% | -3.8% | +3.1% | +35.5% | -29.6% |
| Jan 7, 2025 | -5.6% | +4.4% | -1.2% | +24.4% | -18.1% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -9.1% | -0.8% | -13.1% | -19.4% | -7.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.23 | +29.0% | $21.9M |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.27 | +29.6% | $24.3M |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.18 | -27.8% | $18.4M |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.10 | +0.0% | $17.5M |
| Jul 14, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.26 | +73.1% | $20.4M |
| Apr 3, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.25 | +24.0% | $22.4M |
| Jan 7, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.18 | -5.6% | $18.9M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.07 | -9.1% | $18.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 46.3× | 79.5× | 6th | Top 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.9× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 4.14× | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.97% | — | — | Top 23% |
| Earnings yield | 2.16% | — | — | Top 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 45.9× – 100.8× since May 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 96
- Days above the 200-day average
- 90
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +13.1%
- RSI (14)
- 65.1
- Relative volume
- 2.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 2.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.56
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 | -87.3% | 1289 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | -31.0% | 30 days | 29 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Jan 12, 2021 | -13.6% | 2 days | 15 days (Feb 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $374.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 46.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $82.1M
- 52-week range
- $11.09 – $21.01
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $46.5M | $53.9M | $59.6M | $70.0M | $79.2M |
| Gross profit | $35.9M | $43.1M | $47.9M | $43.2M | $46.2M |
| Operating income | $11.3M | $14.9M | $8.7M | $6.1M | -$70.7M |
| Net income | $9.8M | $12.5M | $10.0M | $10.0M | -$64.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.47 | $0.60 | $0.49 | $0.49 | -$3.22 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.7M | $18.9M | $22.4M | $20.4M | $17.5M | $18.4M | $24.3M | $21.9M |
| Net income | $843,000 | $206,000 | $3.1M | -$67.3M | -$681,000 | $676,000 | $4.5M | $3.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.15 | -$3.35 | -$0.03 | $0.03 | $0.22 | $0.18 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $19.2M | $17.9M | $21.9M | $13.3M | $18.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.6M | -$4.0M | -$4.3M | -$566,000 | -$713,000 |
| Free cash flow | $14.6M | $13.9M | $17.6M | $12.8M | $17.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$4.8M | -$4.8M | -$4.8M | -$4.8M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.5M | $891,000 | -$20.0M | $731,000 | $430,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $50.0M
- Total assets
- $153.0M
- Total liabilities
- $13.9M
- Total debt
- $487,000
- Net debt
- -$34.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $139.0M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2024 | $0.06 | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | $0.06 | May 6, 2024 |
| Jan 26, 2024 | $0.06 | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Oct 27, 2023 | $0.06 | Nov 6, 2023 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | $0.06 | Aug 7, 2023 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | $0.06 | May 1, 2023 |
| Jan 27, 2023 | $0.06 | Feb 6, 2023 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | $0.06 | Nov 7, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,892,884
- Days to cover
- 14.81
- Change vs previous report
- +2.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 2, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Aug 14, 2006
- 2-for-1