PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.12 EPS

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The technology company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.12), Zacks reports. PTC had a return on equity of 14.63% and a net margin of 16.37%. PTC updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.300-1.500 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 5.300-6.000 EPS.

PTC Price Performance

Shares of PTC stock opened at $171.61 on Friday. PTC has a 12 month low of $163.30 and a 12 month high of $203.09. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $190.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $183.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.65 billion, a PE ratio of 55.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.19.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other PTC news, EVP Staats Aaron C. Von sold 5,373 shares of PTC stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.13, for a total value of $1,075,298.49. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 21,707 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,344,221.91. The trade was a 19.84 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Alice Christenson sold 1,703 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.20, for a total value of $329,019.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 830 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $160,356. The trade was a 67.23 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 18,242 shares of company stock valued at $3,630,716. 0.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on PTC from $200.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $204.00 target price on shares of PTC in a report on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of PTC from $202.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Berenberg Bank cut shares of PTC from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $210.00 to $196.00 in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of PTC from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $210.09.

About PTC

PTC Inc operates as software company in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides Windchill, a suite that manages all aspects of the product development lifecycle(PLM) that provides real-time information sharing, dynamic data visualization, collaborate across geographically distributed teams, and enabling manufacturers to elevate product development, manufacturing, and field service processes; ThingWorx, a platform for Industrial Internet of Things; ServiceMax, a field service management solutions enable companies to asset uptime with optimized in-person and remote service and technician productivity with mobile tools.