profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
PTC
$196.00-0.13% today
+12.3% in 1 year
1-year low $112.331-year high $196.55
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $29.01 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What PTC sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.93 billion in 2022 to $2.74 billion in 2025, with $734 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
PTC handed back 35% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $300M
Free cash flow 2025$857M
Bought back its own shares$300M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$184M vs. $1.4B
PTC vs. similar companies
PTC grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTC | 29.0× · Fair price | ||
 SAP | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 153.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads PTC's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,458 | 1,807 | 1,933 | 2,097 | 2,298 | 2,739 | |
| 1,124 | 1,436 | 1,547 | 1,656 | 1,854 | 2,294 | |
| 211 | 381 | 484 | 458 | 587 | 998 | |
| 321 | 557 | 573 | 599 | 730 | 1,133 | |
| 131 | 477 | 313 | 246 | 376 | 734 | |
| 1.12 | 4.03 | 2.65 | 2.06 | 3.12 | 6.14 | |
| 77.1% | 79.5% | 80.0% | 79.0% | 80.6% | 83.8% | |
| 14.5% | 21.1% | 25.0% | 21.8% | 25.6% | 36.4% | |
| 9.0% | 26.4% | 16.2% | 11.7% | 16.4% | 26.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,383 | 4,508 | 4,687 | 6,289 | 6,384 | 6,617 |
| Cash | 275 | 327 | 272 | 288 | 266 | 184 |
| Total debt | 1,220 | 1,648 | 1,540 | 1,889 | 1,930 | 1,370 |
| Total liabilities | 1,944 | 2,469 | 2,391 | 3,612 | 3,169 | 2,791 |
| 1,438 | 2,038 | 2,296 | 2,677 | 3,214 | 3,826 | |
| 116 | 118 | 118 | 119 | 121 | 121 | |
| 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 15.2% | |
| 9.1% | 23.4% | 13.6% | 9.2% | 11.7% | 19.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234 | 369 | 435 | 611 | 750 | 868 | |
| 20 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 11 | |
| 214 | 344 | 409 | 587 | 736 | 857 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 0 | 30 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |
| 115 | 177 | 175 | 206 | 223 | 216 |
Valuation
- 29.0×
- 25.5×
- 0.72
- 4.3×
- 7.8×
- 24.9×
- 19.8×
- 4.0%
- 3.4%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 83.8%
- 36.4%
- 26.8%
- 43.1%
- 20.6%
- 9.6%
- 33.1%
- 19.1%
- 21.8%
- 15.9%
Growth
- +13.4%
- +40.5%
- +17.1%
- –
- +0.7%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.35
- 20.8%
- 32.8×
- 1.06
- 1.06
- 0.46
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 13%of 977
Top 4%of 977
Bottom 48%of 748
Top 36%of 982
Top 34%of 984
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $194.80
- Range
- $180.00 – $210.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 2.69 | 2.06 | +30.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 1.92 | 1.59 | +20.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 3.47 | 2.27 | +52.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.64 | 1.21 | +35.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.79 | 1.39 | +28.8% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 1.10 | 0.89 | +23.7% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 1.54 | 1.45 | +6.2% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.98 | 0.97 | +1.3% |
News
Key deals this week: Option Care Health, PTC, Energy Transfer and moreSeeking Alpha · Oct 10, 2026Schneider Electric is said to near deal to buy PTC for more than $20BSeeking Alpha · Oct 4, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
70Pass
Benjamin Graham
50No pass
Philip Fisher
89Pass
Peter Lynch
97Pass
Joel Greenblatt
38No pass
Charlie Munger
73Pass
Terry Smith
75Pass
Questions about PTC
Is PTC a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the PTC AI analysis
What does PTC do?
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 is in Software - Application, based in Boston, MA, United States, with 7,000 employees.
Does PTC pay a dividend?
No. PTC does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $300 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is PTC stock halal?
Yes. PTC passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 6% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has PTC stock done over the past year?
Up 12.3% over the past twelve months, to $196.00. It traded between $112.33 and $196.55, close to its high.
Who are PTC's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with PTC's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.