PTC Inc. (PTC)Technology | Software - Application | Boston, United States | NasdaqGS
141.78 USD
+1.03
(0.732%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:49 p.m. EDT
PTC is technically structurally a 'short' play for the next month but a 'neutral' medium-term hold, primarily because institutional capital is aggressively buying insurance against the May 6 earnings risk at strikes below the current price. The disconnect between the bullish analyst consensus (mean $188) and the aggressive put flow suggests market participants believe analyst estimates are too high, or that the stock carries a high risk of a 'gap down' given the mediocre recent price action and high option premium pricing for downside protection. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.070795 |
| MSTL | 0.087731 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.087998 |
| AutoETS | 0.088986 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 49% |
| H-stat | 4.55 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.516 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.73 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 35.942 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.877 |
| Market Cap | 16,871,268,352 |
| Trailing P/E | 20.91 |
| Forward P/E | 17.02 |
| Beta | 1.06 |
| Profit Margins | 28.61% |
| Website | https://www.ptc.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:49 p.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a conflicted but defensive market structure. The April 17 expiration shows extreme skew as deep Dallas options (OTM calls) far outpace volume, while ATM calls see moderate flow. However, the most aggressive positioning is short-term: in the April 17 and June 18 expirations, traders are heavily buying Out-The-Money Puts (135, 140 strikes) with significantly higher Open Interest than calls. This indicates a robust hedging program or a 'bearish gamma' setup where traders are insured for downside breaches of 138-140, potentially driven by the upcoming earnings report on May 6 and recent analyst downgrades.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.021278083 |
| Address1 | 121 Seaport Boulevard |
| All Time High | 219.69 |
| All Time Low | 1.5625 |
| Ask | 153.12 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,222,500 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,197,614 |
| Average Volume | 1,197,614 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,222,500 |
| Beta | 1.058 |
| Bid | 132.03 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 32.319 |
| City | Boston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 141.78 |
| Current Ratio | 1.219 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 143.78 |
| Day Low | 139.78 |
| Debt To Equity | 35.942 |
| Display Name | PTC |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.044 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.025 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | 1,226,161,024 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.42874 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.615 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 6.266 |
| Enterprise Value | 17,920,026,624 |
| Eps Current Year | 7.67924 |
| Eps Forward | 8.32811 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.78 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 781 370 6000 |
| Fifty Day Average | 150.243 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -8.462997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.056328733 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -2.1278083 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 219.69 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -77.91 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3546361 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 130.89 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.889999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.08319963 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 130.89 - 219.69 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 629,130,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 118,459,444 |
| Forward Eps | 8.32811 |
| Forward P E | 17.024271 |
| Free Cashflow | 786,878,400 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 7,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.84233004 |
| Gross Profits | 2,408,990,976 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00327 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.02393 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 118,996,116 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ir Website | http://investor.ptc.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,141,084,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:5 |
| Long Business Summary | 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, field service, and end-of-life processes; ThingWorx, an Industrial Internet of Things software; ServiceMax, a service lifecycle management solutions enable companies to asset uptime with optimized in-person and remote service and technician productivity with mobile tools, and deliver metrics; and Arena, a SaaS PLM solution enables product teams to collaborate virtually to share product and quality information with internal teams and supply chain partners and deliver products to customers. It offers Codebeamer, an application lifecycle management for products and software development; Servigistics, a service parts management solution; and FlexPLM, a platform for merchandising and line planning, materials management, sampling, and others. In addition, it offers Kepware, an enterprise industrial connectivity solution; Kepware Edge, a Linux-based industrial communications platform; KEPServerEX, an industrial connectivity solution for small projects; Creo, a 3D CAD technology enables the digital design, testing, and modification of product models; and Onshape, a SaaS product development platform that delivers computer-aided design with data management, collaboration tools, and real-time analytics. Further, it offers Vuforia, an augmented reality (AR) software; and Arbortext, a dynamic publishing solution streamlines how organizations create, manage, and publish technical documentation. Additionally, the company provides PTC Products; PTC Mathcad; and augmented reality product. PTC Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | PTC Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 16,871,268,352 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_32710 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 818,283,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 16,748,703,327 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 140.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 899,011,968 |
| Operating Margins | 0.33803 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.44 |
| Phone | 781 370 5000 |
| Previous Close | 140.75 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.462765 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.3868933 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 5.899204 |
| Profit Margins | 0.28612 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.891 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.84211 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.0299988 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.7317931 |
| Regular Market Day High | 143.78 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 139.78 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 139.78 - 143.78 |
| Regular Market Open | 140.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 140.75 |
| Regular Market Price | 141.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,790,536 |
| Regular Market Volume | 155,279 |
| Return On Assets | 0.112390004 |
| Return On Equity | 0.23141001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.214 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.877 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 118,996,116 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.036 |
| Shares Short | 4,283,333 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,004,275 |
| Short Name | PTC Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.056999996 |
| Short Ratio | 4.0 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | PTC |
| Target High Price | 230.0 |
| Target Low Price | 158.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 186.21053 |
| Target Median Price | 189.0 |
| Total Cash | 209,736,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.763 |
| Total Debt | 1,381,058,944 |
| Total Revenue | 2,859,922,944 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.78 |
| Trailing P E | 20.911503 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.4461 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 180.24776 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -38.46776 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.21341601 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 155,279 |
| Website | https://www.ptc.com |
| Zip | 2,210 |