PTC

Software - Application · Technology

Price

$124.37

-2.99 (-2.35%)

Market Cap

$14.37B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 118.4M (2021) → 120.8M (2025)

PTC Inc. operates as software and services company in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Software Products and Professional Services. It offers ThingWorx platform, which offers a set of capabilities that enable enterprises to digitally transform every aspect of their business with innovative solutions that are simple to create, easy to implement, scalable to meet future needs, and designed to enable customers to accelerate time to value; and Vuforia

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+21.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+268.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$458M/ year

↑ Rising (+6% vs prior year)

16.7% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$439M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

PTC is putting 17% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Gross Margin

83.8%

Premium pricing power — 83.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

38.2%

Excellent — 38.2% operating margin

ROCE

5.7%

Weak — 5.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+21.1%

Fast-growing sales (21.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

+162.4%

Earnings growing fast (162.4% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

76%

Modest — 76% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

31.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (31.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.35

Conservative — low debt load (0.35)

Interest Cover

21.15x

Comfortably covers interest (21.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.9x

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

-3.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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