Freshworks Inc. (FRSH)Technology | Software - Application | San Mateo, United States | NasdaqGS
14.25 USD
+0.56
(4.091%)
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(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m. EDT
Freshworks presents a classic 'value trap' candidate that is currently priced for perfection but lacks the historical proof to justify a premium. While the company has successfully pivoted to cash generation and boasts a respectable forward P/E of roughly 17, the stock has been punished severely, dropping nearly half over the last year. This decline isn't just noise; it reflects a deep skepticism about whether the new management can actually accelerate growth again. The balance sheet is clean, which prevents a bankruptcy risk, but the lack of a multi-year growth track record keeps the long-term rating from reaching exceptional status. The short-term outlook remains murky. The statistical forecast models are essentially silent, offering no directional edge, which aligns with the chaotic nature of a stock trying to find a new equilibrium after a 46% drop. However, the options market tells a different story: traders are buying volatility and betting on a dramatic recovery, placing heavy open interest at $25. This suggests a belief that a catalyst—perhaps a better-than-expected earnings report or a major contract win—could trigger a rapid re-rating. Until the price history shows a sustained recovery rather than just a bounce, the investment case remains speculative. The stock is cheap, but cheapness without a proven turnaround story is dangerous. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.099970 |
| AutoETS | 0.107713 |
| AutoTheta | 0.112603 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.112737 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 1.38 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.684 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.62 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.861 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.217 |
| Market Cap | 3,718,120,960 |
| Trailing P/E | 22.98 |
| Forward P/E | 17.18 |
| Beta | 0.90 |
| Profit Margins | 20.49% |
| Website | https://www.freshworks.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile rebound rather than a steady grind higher. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (OTM) with significant open interest at $25 and $17.50, suggesting bets on a sharp, double-digit percentage surge within the next year. Conversely, put writing is concentrated at lower strikes ($5-$10), indicating a floor is expected, but the sheer volume of OTM calls implies the market is pricing in a 'gap up' scenario where the stock breaks free from its downtrend quickly.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.25827205 |
| Address1 | 2,950 S. Delaware Street |
| Address2 | Suite 201 |
| All Time High | 53.356 |
| All Time Low | 6.79 |
| Ask | 17.6 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.1 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 10,563,710 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 7,706,142 |
| Average Volume | 7,706,142 |
| Average Volume10Days | 10,563,710 |
| Beta | 0.901 |
| Bid | 10.37 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 3.409 |
| City | San Mateo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 14.25 |
| Current Ratio | 1.693 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 14.52 |
| Day Low | 13.64 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.861 |
| Display Name | Freshworks |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Ebitda | 57,489,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0636 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 53.725 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.417 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,088,608,000 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.6691 |
| Eps Forward | 0.82947 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.62 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 12.8107 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.4392996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.11235136 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 25.827206 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 14.52 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.27000046 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.018595072 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.79 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.46 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0986745 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.79 - 14.52 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,632,317,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 209,955,118 |
| Forward Eps | 0.82947 |
| Forward P E | 17.179646 |
| Free Cashflow | 260,802,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 4,500 |
| Fullday Change | 0.5600004 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 4.0905805 |
| Fullday Price | 14.25 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.84963995 |
| Gross Profits | 767,958,976 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.08218 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.91894996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 260,920,772 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-09-22 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Freshworks Inc., a software development company, provides software-as-a-service products in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company's software-as-a-service solutions includes Customer Experience (CX) and Employee Experience (EX). Its Customer Experience products include Freshdesk Omni, an AI-powered omnichannel customer service solution that unifies customer interactions, support operations, and empowers agents to deliver exceptional experiences; Freshdesk, a ticketing and case management solution; Freshchat that provides agents with a modern conversational experience to proactively engage customers across digital messaging channels; Freshcaller, a cloud-based contact center solution for scalable voice operations; Freshsales, a sales CRM for pipeline management and deal closure solution; and Freshmarketer, a marketing automation platform designed to help businesses to attract, nurture, convert, and retain customers. The company's Employee Experience products include Freshservice, an IT and enterprise service management platform to AI agents to help employees resolve issues, make requests, and access information through conversational interfaces without requiring direct interaction with the service desk; Freshservice for Business Teams, which provides a unified employee service experience while ensuring the secure separation of departmental data; Device42 which provides IT discovery and dependency mapping solutions; and FireHydrant, a modern incident management platform that enables engineering and operations teams to manage the full incident lifecycle. In addition, it provides Freshworks platform, an AI-powered, enterprise-grade foundation that unifies customer experience and employee experience product lines. The company was formerly known as Freshdesk Inc. and changed its name to Freshworks Inc. in June 2017. Freshworks Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. |
| Long Name | Freshworks Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,718,120,960 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_143783433 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 185,195,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,358,050,335 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 14 |
| Open | 13.67 |
| Operating Cashflow | 246,718,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05531 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.56 |
| Phone | 650 513 0514 |
| Previous Close | 13.69 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 21.297266 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.1801114 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.1135664 |
| Profit Margins | 0.20489 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.507 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.05882 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.56 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.09058 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.52 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 13.64 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 13.64 - 14.52 |
| Regular Market Open | 13.67 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 13.69 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.25 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,401 |
| Regular Market Volume | 5,580,082 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01578 |
| Return On Equity | 0.19695 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.16 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.217 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 236,959,436 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0958 |
| Shares Short | 24,987,927 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 23,351,954 |
| Short Name | Freshworks Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1086 |
| Short Ratio | 5.81 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | FRSH |
| Target High Price | 25.0 |
| Target Low Price | 10.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 14.78571 |
| Target Median Price | 14.5 |
| Total Cash | 664,107,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.545 |
| Total Debt | 34,594,000 |
| Total Revenue | 903,868,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.62 |
| Trailing P E | 22.983871 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.5232 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 10.250875 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.9991245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.39012516 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 5,580,082 |
| Website | https://www.freshworks.com |
| Zip | 94,403 |