PTC Inc. (PTC) earnings on May 6, 2026
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
PTC stock surged after earnings, showing a strong positive response from investors. The market overlooked concerns, focusing instead on anticipated earnings growth.
PTC price around the earnings
145.90
Change: +6.7%
2026-05-07, 23:53 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Mixed analyst views, underperforming stock creates caution.
Analysts anticipate strong earnings growth, but mixed sentiment exists as one firm lowered its price target. The stock has underperformed recently, creating a neutral setup heading into earnings.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Mixed analyst views, underperforming stock creates caution.
- Playbook
- Given the divided analyst opinions and recent price weakness, the scenario calls for clearer contexts before a decision.
- Trend
- Underperforming SPY with price weakness into earnings.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
One major firm downgraded the stock and lowered its price target, indicating some analyst concern. This creates divided sentiment among experts.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.84
- Analysts covering the stock
- 18
- Average price target
- 183.83
- Lowest price target
- 146
- Highest price target
- 230
- Upside to price target
- 36.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 102.5%
- Revenue growth
- 21.4%
- Forward EPS
- 8.36
- Trailing EPS
- 6.79
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 5
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 10
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 10
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- May 5, 2026 · Rosenblatt: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 29, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- March 23, 2026 · Mizuho: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- March 18, 2026 · Rosenblatt: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 17, 2026 · Keybanc: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Positive
Despite some caution, most analysts still recommend buying the stock, with price targets pointing to an optimistic scenario.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (1)
- Citigroup Maintains Neutral on PTC, Lowers Price Target to $146 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock has lagged the market over the last month, showing a downward trend. It is currently market review near a support level.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.5%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -38.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -3.9%
- 30-day change
- -6.4%
- 30-day relative strength
- -18.4%
- Benchmark change
- +12.0%
- Nearest support
- 130.9
- Nearest resistance
- 147.94
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 1.16
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +38.0%
- February 4, 2026: actual EPS 1.92 vs estimate 1.56 (surprise +22.8%)
- November 5, 2025: actual EPS 3.47 vs estimate 2.27 (surprise +52.7%)
- July 30, 2025: actual EPS 1.17 vs estimate 0.79 (surprise +48.9%)
- April 30, 2025: actual EPS 1.79 vs estimate 1.4 (surprise +27.6%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has consistently exceeded earnings expectations in the past. Its recent earnings report also significantly beat estimates.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 4.2%
- 75th percentile move
- 7.1%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.6%
- Up / down moves
- 8 / 11
- Average up move
- +5.6%
- Average down move
- -4.6%
Monitoring and close
What PTC Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +8.0%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0.8%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 12.6%