Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR is an information technology services business based in the US. Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR shares (FORTY) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $87.00 – a decrease of 4.63% over the previous week.
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| Latest market close | $87.00 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $68.04 - $100.00 |
| 50-day moving average | $92.37 |
| 200-day moving average | $85.19 |
| Wall St. target price | N/A |
| PE ratio | 17.9214 |
| Dividend yield | $1.57 (2.06%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.09 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $87 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-25) | -4.63% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 3.36% |
| 3 months (2025-02-04) | -5.80% |
| 6 months (2024-11-04) | 0.51% |
| 1 year (2024-05-03) | 13.28% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-03) | 32.04% |
| 3 years (2022-05-03) | 89.529 |
| 5 years (2020-05-01) | 35.47% |
Valuing Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $318.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $2.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.39% |
| Gross profit TTM | $684 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.8% |
| Return on equity TTM | 14.37% |
| Profit margin | 2.89% |
| Book value | $44.38 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 16.38% of net profits
Recently Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR 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), Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's case, that would currently equate to about $1.57 per share.
While Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR is investing more in its future growth.
Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's most recent dividend payout was on 26 May 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 April 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's shares have ranged in value from as little as $68.0385 up to $100. 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 Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's is 0.403. This would suggest that Formula Systems 1985 Ltd ADR's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. , through its subsidiaries, provides proprietary and non-proprietary software solutions, Information Technologies (IT) professional services, software product marketing and support, computer infrastructure and integration solutions, and learning and integration. It offers IT software solutions and services, and consulting and management services; computer and communication infrastructure solutions; software solutions, web world content management, database and data warehouse mining, application integration, database and systems, data management, and software development tools; and developers and professional training, and soft skills and management training services. The company also provides property and casualty insurance platforms, such as Sapiens CoreSuite and Sapiens IDITSuite; life, pension, and annuities platforms, including Sapiens, Sapiens CoreSuite, Sapiens UnderwritingPro, Sapiens ApplicationPro, Sapiens IllustrationPro, and Sapiens ConsolidationMaster; Sapiens Cloud-based DigitalSuite; data and analytics platform; and reinsurance software solutions comprising Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster, Sapiens ReinsurancePro, and Sapiens Reinsurance GO. In addition, it offers Sapiens workers' compensation solutions; Sapiens medical professional liability solutions; financial and compliance solutions, such as Sapiens FinancialPro, Sapiens Financial GO, Sapiens StatementPro, Sapiens CheckPro, and Sapiens Reporting Tools; Sapiens Decision, an enterprise-scale platform; technology-based solutions; application development and business process integration platforms; vertical software solutions; cloud-based services; strategic consulting and outsourcing services; and professional services, as well as sells and markets computers and peripheral equipment, and cloud computing solutions. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel. .
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