Aptitude Software Group (APTD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aptitude Software Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial management software in the United Kingdom and internationally. It provides Fynapse, an intelligent finance data management and accounting platform for autonomous finance; Aptitude Accounting Hub, a rules accounting engine and subledger solution; Aptitude RevStream, a revenue recognition software; Aptitude Fynapse and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance; and enterprise finance solutions. The company also provides Aptitude IFRS 17 Solution, a solution to comply with IFRS 17 insurance standards; Lease Accounting Engine, a lease accounting software; Aptitude Insurance Calculation Engine, Revenue Recognition Engine, Aptitude Calculate, and Aptitude Platform; eSuite, a subscription management tool, which is a modular, cloud based end-to-end SaaS solution for large, international, enterprise customers; and Aptitude Assure, a solution management service, which include release management, processing support, client enablement, and solution optimization. It licenses its software; provides software maintenance, support, software subscription fees, financial transactions, usage fees along with funded development, and related consultancy services; and offers general consultancy services. The company was formerly known as Microgen plc and changed its name to Aptitude Software Group plc in April 2019. Aptitude Software Group plc was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 331.60 to 340
• 50-Day Range: 325 to 350
• 52-Week Range: 280 to 390
• Volume: 38,857 shs
• Average Volume: 64,209 shs
• Market Capitalization: £192.03 million
• P/E Ratio: 4,250.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.47%
• Price Target: GBX 470
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Aptitude Software Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aptitude Software Group scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Aptitude Software Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aptitude Software Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aptitude Software Group is 4,250.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aptitude Software Group is 4,250.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 237.66.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aptitude Software Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.33. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for APTD.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Aptitude Software Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.59%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Aptitude Software Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Aptitude Software Group is 6,250.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for APTD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Aptitude Software Group has a news sentiment score of 1.32. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Aptitude Software Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aptitude Software Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 8.62% of the stock of Aptitude Software Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.04% of the stock of Aptitude Software Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

APTD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have APTD shares performed this year?

Aptitude Software Group's stock was trading at GBX 280 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, APTD shares have increased by 21.4% and is now trading at GBX 340.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Software - Application
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:APTD
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.aptitudesoftwaregroup.com
• Phone: 44 20 3880 7100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 452
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 470
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 470
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 470
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4,250.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.87
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £4.86 million
• Net Margins: 6.71%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.21%
• Return on Assets: 3.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 18.05
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £72.41 million
• Price / Sales: 2.65
• Cash Flow: GBX 39.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.54
• Book Value: GBX 102 per share
• Price / Book: 3.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 56,480,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £192.03 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.54