Engineering and design software provider PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what to expect.
PTC beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $626.5 million, up 14.6% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting PTC’s revenue to be flat year on year at $555 million, slowing from the 18.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.89 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. PTC has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at PTC’s peers in the vertical software segment, only Agilysys has reported results so far. It missed analysts’ revenue estimates by 5.2%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 14.9%. The stock was down 20.1% on the results.
Read our full analysis of Agilysys’s earnings results here.There has been positive sentiment among investors in the vertical software segment, with share prices up 3.4% on average over the last month. PTC is up 3.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $212.82 (compared to the current share price of $190.50).
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