Aspen Technology is a software - application business based in the US. Aspen Technology shares (AZPN.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $197.08 – a decrease of 0.7% over the previous day. Aspen Technology employs 3,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.1 billion.
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Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Aspen Technology's shares have ranged in value from as little as $161.32 up to $235.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Aspen Technology's is 0.747. This would suggest that Aspen Technology's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $197.08
1 week (2024-04-16)
-0.20%
1 month (2024-03-21)
-1.83%
3 months (2024-01-23)
-3.76%
6 months (2023-10-23)
9.86%
1 year (2023-04-23)
-15.35%
2 years (2022-04-21)
25.60%
3 years (2021-04-22)
30.63%
5 years (2019-04-23)
72.11%
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Is Aspen Technology under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Aspen Technology P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Aspen Technology's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.8071. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Aspen Technology's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Aspen Technology's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $310.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Aspen Technology's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.08% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 9.18% of net profits
Aspen Technology has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.08% of its share value annually.
Aspen Technology has paid out, on average, around 9.18% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.08% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.08% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Aspen Technology's case, that would currently equate to about 0 per share.
While Aspen Technology's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 February 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Currently 57.727% of Aspen Technology shares are held by insiders and 47.436% by institutions.
Aspen Technology's fiscal year ends in June.
Aspen Technology's address is: 20 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA, United States, 01730
Aspen Technology's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 March 1997. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Aspen Technology shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Aspen Technology shares which in turn could have impacted Aspen Technology's share price.
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