Aspen Technology is a software - application business based in the US. Aspen Technology shares (AZPN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $264.33 – the same closing value as a week prior. Aspen Technology employs 1,187 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $264.33 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $170.83 - $277.37 |
| 50-day moving average | $260.51 |
| 200-day moving average | $233.31 |
| Wall St. target price | $271.14 |
| PE ratio | 2403 |
| Dividend yield | $0 (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.11 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $264.33 from 2025-03-12
| 1 week (2025-05-14) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-21) | N/A |
| 3 months (2025-02-25) | 0.22% |
| 6 months (2024-11-25) | 5.34% |
| 1 year (2024-05-24) | 19.63% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-24) | 60.64% |
| 3 years (2022-05-24) | 39.87% |
| 5 years (2020-05-22) | 179.83% |
Valuing Aspen Technology stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Aspen Technology's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Aspen Technology's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 2403x. In other words, Aspen Technology shares trade at around 2403x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Aspen Technology's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.4842. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
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 share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Aspen Technology's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $437.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Aspen Technology's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.12% |
| Gross profit TTM | $761.1 million |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.25% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.05% |
| Profit margin | 0.54% |
| Book value | $201.83 |
| Market Capitalization | $16.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 7.52% of net profits
Recently Aspen Technology has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Aspen Technology shareholders could enjoy a 0% 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 Aspen Technology is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
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.
Over the last 12 months, Aspen Technology's shares have ranged in value from as little as $170.828 up to $277.37. 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 0.729. This would suggest that Aspen Technology's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Aspen Technology, Inc. provides industrial software that focuses on helping customers in asset-intensive industries worldwide. The company's solutions address complex environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design, operation, and maintenance lifecycle. Its software is used in performance engineering, modeling and design, supply chain management, predictive and prescriptive maintenance, digital grid management, and industrial data management. The company serves a range of asset-intensive industries, including oil and gas exploration and production; oil and gas processing and distribution; and oil and gas refining and marketing, as well as bulk and specialty chemicals, engineering and construction, power and utilities, metals and mining, and pharmaceuticals. Aspen Technology, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
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