🧠 Stock: Progress Software Corp 📈 
💸 Ticker: NASDAQ: PRGS
🎯 Price (as of Jul 25, 2025): $50.82 (+1.69%)

📆 Insider Trigger: CEO & Director Buy Big

“Progress is slow,” they say. But the CEO just dropped $100K+ on shares. That’s more than coffee money — and way more than a casual 'meh' vote of confidence.

🕵️♂️ The Insider Moves:

🧲 That's $350K+ of real insider skin in the game — not Monopoly money.

🔬 What Is Progress Software, Really?

Think of Progress Software as your quiet, no-drama, enterprise tech friend who’s actually pulling in serious numbers while the flashy types hog the spotlight.

🧰 What they offer:

• OpenEdge – Business-critical app development

• MOVEit – Secure file transfers (yes, for grown-ups)

• Kemp LoadMaster – Fancy name for load balancers

• Sitefinity – Digital marketing magic

• WhatsUp Gold – Network monitoring (not a hip-hop track)

• Flowmon, Corticon, Semaphore... — 🧠 Sounds like superhero aliases, but they’re all legit software products for enterprise, automation, and AI

📍 Headquarters: Burlington, MA — not Silicon Valley, but they’re still pushing code and pulling profits.

💪 The Financials: Not Flashy, But Solid

📊 FY ‘24 (GAAP):

• Revenue: $753.4M (+8%)

• Operating Income: $124M (+12%)

• Net Income: $68.4M (−3%)

• EPS: $1.54

• Cash from Ops: $211.5M (+22%)

✅ Margin holding steady at 16%.
❗ EPS dipped slightly — but not alarmingly.

🚀 Q2 '25: Stronger Than Expected

• Revenue: $237M (+36% YoY)

• ARR: $838M (+46% YoY)

• GAAP EPS: $0.39 (+5%)

• Non-GAAP EPS: $1.40 (+28%)

• Operating Margin: GAAP 16%, Non-GAAP 40%

• Acquired Agentic (RAG AI company) — that’s “Retrieval-Augmented Generation” AI, not a band.

🧃 Bottom line: The juice is flowing, and the margins are still tasty.

👉 Want the full picture? Dive into Progress Software (PGRS)'s financials here.

🏦 Institutions Are Hungry for Progress

Institutions own 121.12% of the float. Yes, more than 100%. Either math broke… or the pros are all-in.

🏢 Top Holders (Q1 2025):

That’s a who’s who of “Yes, please!” on Wall Street.

🔍 For Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here. 

🧮 Valuation Check: Expensive? Maybe Not.

💬 TL;DR: Not screaming cheap — but maybe whispering “undervalued.”

⚠️ The Risks: Progress... or Pause?

1. Organic Growth: Still finding its stride. Acquisitions (like ShareFile) have driven much of the recent uptick.

2. Competition: Facing giants (Microsoft, Oracle) and startups with rocket fuel.

3. Integration Risk: M&A ain’t always plug & play.

4. Leverage: Debt-to-equity at 3.54, current ratio under 0.5. That’s tightrope territory.

5. Cash Flow from Ops: Still healthy, but recently receded.

📉 And don’t forget: software may be eating the world, but some apps get heartburn.

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🧠 Final Take: Not Sexy, But Strong?

Progress Software isn’t the loudest stock in the room. But…

• 📈 It’s profitable.

• 📉 It’s off ~30% from its all-time highs.

• 🧑💼 Insiders are buying.

• 🧮 Institutions are stuffed full of PRGS.

• 🤖 They just bought an AI company (because, of course).

🎯 Could be a rerating candidate. Not a moonshot — but maybe a hopefully reliable compounder with a reasonable ETA.

👀 Our Verdict?

If you’re into quiet compounders, low-volatility tech, or insiders who actually buy instead of sell, then PRGS might just be... well, progress.

🚨 Disclaimer:

We like progress. But we love booming, skyrocketing, and 💥 mind-blowing rallies even more. This is NOT financial advice. It’s just a second opinion — and yes, we’re billing your sense of humor. 🎪💸

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