Freshworks Inc. (FRSH)Technology | Software - Application | San Mateo, United States | NasdaqGS
8.54 USD
+0.12
(1.425%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.58 +0.04 (0.420%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:54 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:20 a.m. EDT
Fraying Fundamentals with a Nested Trap: Freshworks is a textbook 'value trap' where attractive P/E and low debt mask a statistical death spiral for the next 45 days; the negative 2.4% adjusted forecast and heavy downside Open Interest suggest the market is pricing in a sickening decline before any recovery, making it a risky hold despite the seemingly benign growth story. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.334253 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.345468 |
| AutoETS | 0.345472 |
| MSTL | 0.349386 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 55% |
| H-stat | 0.96 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 2.32 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 4.116 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.882 |
| Market Cap | 2,426,514,688 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.56 |
| Forward P/E | 12.35 |
| Beta | 0.87 |
| Profit Margins | 21.90% |
| Website | https://www.freshworks.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:20 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a mixed but cautious sentiment. With the nearest expiration (April 17, 2026) approaching, OI is heavy exclusively on the At-The-Money (ATM) 7.5 strike for both calls and puts, suggesting market makers or hedgers are anchoring at current levels rather than specifying a strong directional move. Implied Volatility (IV) for puts (0.5) is modestly elevated compared to calls (0.0), indicating selective put hedging by speculators despite low actual trading volume in OTM puts. For the longer gamma (Nov 2026 and Jan 2027), there is distinct Out-of-The-Money (OTM) Open Interest heavily skewed towards downside strikes (12.5, 15.0, 17.5) rather than upside strikes, a clear structural bet by speculators that FRSH will decline or fail to rally further in the medium term.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.29246062 |
| Address1 | 2,950 S. Delaware Street |
| Address2 | Suite 201 |
| All Time High | 53.356 |
| All Time Low | 6.79 |
| Ask | 8.59 |
| Ask Size | 24 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 8,448,240 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 6,684,808 |
| Average Volume | 6,684,808 |
| Average Volume10Days | 8,448,240 |
| Beta | 0.869 |
| Bid | 8.49 |
| Bid Size | 23 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 3.643 |
| City | San Mateo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.54 |
| Current Ratio | 2.203 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 8.66 |
| Day Low | 8.3901 |
| Debt To Equity | 4.116 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,011,200 |
| Ebitda | 32,057,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03822 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 52.645 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.012 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,687,646,464 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.57504 |
| Eps Forward | 0.69151 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.63 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.9923 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.5476999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.06852845 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -29.246061 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 16.14 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.5999994 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4708798 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.79 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.75 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.25773197 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.79 - 16.14 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,632,317,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 222,588,666 |
| Forward Eps | 0.69151 |
| Forward P E | 12.349785 |
| Free Cashflow | 160,126,256 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 4,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.84961 |
| Gross Profits | 712,664,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07653 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.86174005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 284,135,190 |
| 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 | 2,426,514,688 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_143783433 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 183,723,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,382,277,492 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 13 |
| Open | 8.5999 |
| Operating Cashflow | 242,370,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.17839001 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.5 |
| Phone | 650 513 0514 |
| Post Market Change | 0.035900116 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.42037606 |
| Post Market Price | 8.5759 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,096 |
| Previous Close | 8.42 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 14.851141 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.3442218 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.8928094 |
| Profit Margins | 0.21903 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.875 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.12 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.42518 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.66 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.3901 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.3901 - 8.66 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.5999 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.54 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 20,539,428 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00529 |
| Return On Equity | 0.16929 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.145 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.882 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 243,907,223 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0777 |
| Shares Short | 21,670,715 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 23,090,912 |
| Short Name | Freshworks Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.091400005 |
| Short Ratio | 3.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | FRSH |
| Target High Price | 18.0 |
| Target Low Price | 8.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 12.38462 |
| Target Median Price | 11.0 |
| Total Cash | 781,371,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.75 |
| Total Debt | 42,503,000 |
| Total Revenue | 838,809,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.63 |
| Trailing P E | 13.555555 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.5083 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.3154 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.7754002 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.24527636 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 20,539,428 |
| Website | https://www.freshworks.com |
| Zip | 94,403 |