Progress Software Corp

Technology
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
www.progress.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $2.61B
PE 46
Debt $1.51B
Cash $124.16M
EV $4.00B
FCF $203.75M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$56.75M
EBIT	$121.42M
ROE	13%
ROA	5%
FCF	$203.75M
Equity	$431.85M
Growth Stability	83%
PE	46.04
PEG	32.79
PB	6.05
P/FCF	12.82
P/S	3.24
Price/Cash	0.05
Debt/Equity	3.5
Debt/FCF	7.41
Net Margins	5%
Gross Margins	82%
Op. Margins	15%
Earnings CAGR	13%
Sales Growth YoY	29%
Sales Growth QoQ	11%
Sales CAGR	9%
FCF CAGR	11%
Equity CAGR	-1%
Earnings Stability	0.37
Earnings Growth YoY	-52%
Earnings Growth QoQ	854%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	1%

Sales CAGR 5Y	14%
FCF CAGR 5Y	9%
Equity CAGR 5Y	5%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	12%
Sales CAGR 3Y	12%
FCF CAGR 3Y	5%
Equity CAGR 3Y	6%
Market Cap	$2.61B
Revenue	$806.74M
Dividend Yield	1%
Payout Ratio	42%
Assets	$2.46B
Total Debt	$1.51B
Cash	$124.16M
Shares Outstanding	43.02M
EV	4B
Earnings Score	26%
Moat Score	77%
Safety Score	69%
Final Score	57%
Working Capital	-87.87M
Current Ratio	0.79
Gross Profit	$662.84M
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	-2%
Equity Growth YoY	-6%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Progress Software Corporation is a provider of cloud-based security solutions to large- and mid-sized organizations in a wide range of industries. The firm operates in three segments: OpenEdge, which offers development software for building multi-language applications; Data Connectivity and Integration, which focuses on data integration components of its cloud offerings; and Application Development and Deployment, which focuses on growing application development assets for customers. The company derives revenue from perpetual licenses to its products, but some products also use term licensing models. Its cloud-based offerings use a subscription-based model. A majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

SEC Filings

Direct access to Progress Software Corp (PRGS) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Feb 28
2024
- 10-K Nov 30
- 10-Q Aug 31
- 10-Q May 31
- 10-Q Feb 29
2023
- 10-K Nov 30
- 10-Q Aug 31
- 10-Q May 31
- 10-Q Feb 28

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Progress Software Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 13%

Stability 37%

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Progress Software Corp Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $4.2B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$204M	$225M	$249M	$275M	$304M	$336M	$371M	$411M	$454M	$502M	$554M	$5.5B
DCF		$205M	$206M	$207M	$208M	$209M	$210M	$211M	$212M	$213M	$214M	$2.1B
Value	$4.2B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	11/2015	11/2016	11/2017	11/2018	11/2019	11/2020	11/2021	11/2022	11/2023	11/2024	TTM
Net Margins	-2%	-14%	9%	16%	6%	18%	15%	16%	10%	9%	5%
ROA	-	-4%	10%	13%	5%	10%	9%	9%	7%	5%	5%
ROE	-	-14%	10%	20%	8%	23%	19%	24%	15%	16%	13%

Bad Net Margins (4.6%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	11/2015	11/2016	11/2017	11/2018	11/2019	11/2020	11/2021	11/2022	11/2023	11/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	1.55	1.27	1.08	2.47	2.91	3.75	3.41	4.42	7.47	7.41
Debt over Equity	0.29	0.37	0.34	0.4	0.93	1.16	1.58	1.59	1.62	3.51	3.5
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	83%	84%	83%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (7.41)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Bad Debt/Equity ratio (3.5)

The company is overleveraged and has a bad balance between equity and debt.

Neutral Graham’s Stability (83%)

The company has a stability in its earnings that is not too good nor too bad.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	11/2015	11/2016	11/2017	11/2018	11/2019	11/2020	11/2021	11/2022	11/2023	11/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	7%	-2%	-0%	4%	7%	20%	13%	15%	8%	14%
Earnings YoY growth	-	533%	-167%	70%	-58%	202%	-2%	21%	-26%	-3%	1%
Equity YoY growth	-	-22%	-8%	-18%	7%	5%	19%	-3%	15%	-5%	5%
FCF YoY growth	-	-0%	5%	12%	9%	11%	26%	7%	-10%	23%	9%