WINTON GROUP Ltd Buys New Holdings in PTC Inc. $PTC

WINTON GROUP Ltd purchased a new position in shares of PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 8,455 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,717,000.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of PTC. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of PTC by 2.9% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,748,971 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,541,838,000 after purchasing an additional 416,791 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of PTC by 4.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,372,296 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $925,861,000 after buying an additional 205,029 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of PTC by 8.4% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,415,785 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $586,438,000 after buying an additional 265,558 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in PTC by 31.4% during the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,547,622 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $266,715,000 after buying an additional 370,097 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in PTC during the 2nd quarter valued at $155,673,000. 95.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other PTC news, EVP Staats Aaron C. Von sold 240 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.10, for a total value of $38,664.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 22,221 shares in the company, valued at $3,579,803.10. This trade represents a 1.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.29% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of PTC from $219.00 to $189.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of PTC from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $205.00 to $162.00 in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of PTC from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on PTC from $235.00 to $195.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on PTC from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $188.08.

PTC Stock Down 2.4%

Shares of PTC stock opened at $159.52 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. PTC Inc. has a 12-month low of $133.38 and a 12-month high of $219.69. The company has a market cap of $18.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.29, a PEG ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $161.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $181.48.

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.33. The firm had revenue of $685.83 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $635.44 million. PTC had a net margin of 28.86% and a return on equity of 24.63%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.10 EPS. PTC has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.930-2.540 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that PTC Inc. will post 4.46 EPS for the current year.

PTC Company Profile

PTC Inc (NASDAQ: PTC) is a global technology company that develops software and services to help manufacturers design, operate, and service physical products. Founded in 1985 as Parametric Technology Corporation, PTC pioneered parametric, feature-based CAD with its Pro/ENGINEER product (now marketed as Creo) and has since expanded its portfolio to address product lifecycle management, Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality (AR) and industrial connectivity.

Key product lines include Creo for 3D CAD; Windchill for product lifecycle management (PLM); ThingWorx, an IoT platform for connecting devices and building industrial applications; Vuforia, an AR platform for creating immersive service and training experiences; and Kepware, a suite for industrial connectivity and protocol translation.