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Progress Software Corp (NASDAQ: PRGS) closed the day trading at $49.62 down -2.01% from the previous closing price of $50.64. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.51 million shares were traded. PRGS stock price reached its highest trading level at $50.5588 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $49.15.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PRGS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 20.97 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.54. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.43 and its Current Ratio is at 0.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.48.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, DA Davidson on March 28, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $65.
On September 09, 2022, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $52.Jefferies initiated its Hold rating on September 09, 2022, with a $52 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 08 ’25 when FOLGER ANTHONY sold 5,529 shares for $52.97 per share. The transaction valued at 292,871 led to the insider holds 43,559 shares of the business.
ANTHONY FOLGER bought 5,529 shares of PRGS for $284,965 on Jul 08 ’25. On Jun 30 ’25, another insider, Pitt Ian, who serves as the Chief Information Officer of the company, sold 2,186 shares for $65.21 each. As a result, the insider received 142,549 and left with 6,513 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PRGS now has a Market Capitalization of 2139033856 and an Enterprise Value of 4138650880. As of this moment, Progress’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 37.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.71. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.46 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.762 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.896.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PRGS is 0.72, which has changed by -0.09978229 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1116153 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PRGS has reached a high of $70.56, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $50.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.48%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -19.16%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PRGS traded about 697.20K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PRGS traded about 2098320 shares per day. A total of 43.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 42.29M. Insiders hold about 1.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 116.16% stake in the company. Shares short for PRGS as of 1749772800 were 5597897 with a Short Ratio of 8.19, compared to 1747267200 on 5645184. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5597897 and a Short% of Float of 19.479999.
Dividends & Splits
PRGS’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.17, up from 0.175 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0034557662The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.34.
