PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) Stock Jumps 5.9% – Should You Buy?

PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC) shares rose 5.9% on Thursday. The company traded as high as $146.15 and last traded at $148.6190. 63,609 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 96% from the average session volume of 1,439,787 shares. The stock had previously closed at $140.30.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on PTC. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of PTC in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on PTC from $175.00 to $157.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on shares of PTC in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $130.00 price objective for the company. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of PTC from $180.00 to $165.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price target on PTC from $127.00 to $141.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, PTC presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $170.14.

PTC Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $15.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $141.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $137.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40.

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $600.05 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $611.62 million. PTC had a return on equity of 25.31% and a net margin of 41.67%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.64 EPS. PTC has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.870-8.420 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.630-2.210 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that PTC Inc. will post 6.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of PTC

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PTC. Palladiem LLC acquired a new position in PTC in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Keating Financial Advisory Services Inc. acquired a new position in shares of PTC in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Allworth Financial LP bought a new stake in shares of PTC during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PTC during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC bought a new position in PTC in the first quarter valued at approximately $36,000. 95.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

PTC Company Profile

PTC Inc (NASDAQ: PTC) develops software designed to help manufacturers and other industrial companies create, manage, operate and service physical products. Its portfolio supports product lifecycle management, computer-aided design, application lifecycle management, service lifecycle management, industrial Internet of Things applications and augmented reality.

PTC’s primary products include Creo for 3D computer-aided design and engineering, Windchill for product lifecycle management, Codebeamer for application lifecycle management, and Servigistics for service parts and service operations management.