Stocks/PRGS

PRGS

Progress Software Corporation
TechnologyยทSoftware - Application
$32.83
$1.4B market cap
Claude Rating
6/10SLIGHT BUY
Revenue
$987.6M
Free Cash Flow
$257.8M
Rev Growth
+4.1%
FCF Margin
26.1%
P/FCF
5.4x
EV/FCF
8.3x
Fwd EV/EBITDA
6.5x
Fair Value
$32.00
Upside
-2.5%

Progress Software Corporation develops, deploys, and manages business applications. The company offers OpenEdge, a development software, which builds multi-language applications for secure deployment across various platforms and devices, as well as cloud; developer tools that consists of components for user interface development for Web, mobile, desktop, chat, and AR/VR apps, as well as automated application testing and reporting tools; Sitefinity, a web content management and customer analytics

2-Year Price History

$29.78-40.8%
$30$40$50$60volMay 24Sep 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26

Quarterly Financials & Projections

Quarterly Waterfall ($ M)
PeriodRevEBITDAOpInNIOCFFCFCapExCashDebtSharesROICIntCovEV/EBITDA
Est2028-Q1262.093.0--26.2--96.9-2.6629.2----------
Est2027-Q4262.076.0--13.1--57.6-3.1532.3----------
Est2027-Q3256.089.6--23.0--71.7-1.3474.6----------
Est2027-Q2250.083.8--20.0--37.5-2.0403.0----------
Est2027-Q1255.089.3--24.2--91.8-2.6365.5----------
Est2026-Q4256.071.7--10.2--56.3-3.1273.7----------
Est2026-Q3250.086.3--21.3--70.0-1.3217.3----------
Est2026-Q2244.080.5--18.3--34.2-2.0147.3----------
Act2026-Q1247.885.249.322.898.695.9-2.7113.2869.642.715.5%5.6x14.6x
Act2025-Q4252.7-70.038.425.862.859.9-2.994.8851.044.014.7%-4.2x16.9x
Act2025-Q3249.883.043.919.473.572.4-1.199.01,45143.79.0%4.7x13.4x
Act2025-Q2237.476.638.617.030.029.5-0.5102.01,48944.28.6%4.2x14.9x
Act2025-Q1238.069.932.411.069.066.5-1.3124.21,53144.97.1%3.8x17.6x
Act2024-Q4215.050.621.51.219.716.8-2.9118.11,56245.23.2%4.6x18.6x
Act2024-Q3178.763.240.428.557.756.6-1.1232.7812.843.714.3%9.3x12.7x
Act2024-Q2175.153.727.216.263.762.7-1.0190.4813.744.09.8%7.7x13.2x
Act2024-Q1184.762.035.022.670.570.2-0.3133.2712.344.813.3%8.4x13.6x
Act2023-Q4177.049.422.515.333.230.8-2.4127.0747.144.89.6%6.3x13.6x
Act2023-Q3175.056.829.419.146.044.8-1.2138.0780.245.011.4%6.7x15.0x
Act2023-Q2178.350.023.012.148.046.4-1.6125.5813.844.58.4%5.9x15.1x
Act2023-Q1164.257.435.623.746.846.4-0.4122.9838.744.411.8%9.8x13.5x
Act2022-Q4157.149.730.423.740.137.1-3.0256.3640.644.113.9%11.2x10.9x
Act2022-Q3151.250.432.021.839.738.6-1.1224.9643.243.913.8%12.6x--
Act2022-Q2148.859.440.229.168.367.1-1.2225.9647.044.316.9%16.2x--
Act2022-Q1144.948.429.420.544.143.3-0.8173.3650.544.712.4%13.1x--

AI Analysis

LLM Evaluations

Claude6/10SLIGHT BUYFV: $32.00

Progress Software is a classic infrastructure software rollup generating excellent free cash flow (~26% margins) from a sticky, mission-critical installed base with 99-100% net retention. At 4.4x P/FCF and 7.3x EV/FCF, the stock is extremely cheap on current numbers. However, this cheapness is warranted given three major overhangs: (1) the MOVEit breach litigation with 95.8 million individuals affected and 'unestimable' liability far exceeding $4.5M remaining insurance, (2) high leverage with $360M convertible notes due April 2026 requiring refinancing at higher rates, and (3) essentially zero organic growth with AI serving as retention rather than expansion. The stock deserves a slight-outperform rating because the FCF generation provides a significant margin of safety even in adverse scenarios, but the litigation tail risk and leverage prevent a higher conviction call. Share buybacks and dividends provide ~5% yield support at current levels.

Catalyst Resolution or favorable settlement of MOVEit MDL litigation would remove the single largest overhang. Successful refinancing of the 2026 convertible notes at reasonable terms would de-risk the balance sheet. A large accretive acquisition could also re-rate the stock if leverage is managed.
Risk MOVEit litigation settlement or judgment materially exceeding expectations ($200M+), which would impair the balance sheet, potentially require dilutive equity issuance, and could trigger credit facility covenant issues given current leverage.
Trend
STABLE
Mgmt
6/10
Quarter
6/10
Exp. Move
+2.0%

Latest Earnings Call

Transcript Summary

Progress Software delivered a robust performance in Q1 2026, with revenue reaching $248 million and non-GAAP EPS hitting $1.60. The company achieved a high 41% operating margin, driven by AI-enabled efficiencies and disciplined cost management. ARR grew to $863 million, supported by a 99% NRR despite an isolated seven-figure churn event in Eastern Europe resulting from a government legal ruling. Management highlighted the success of the ShareFile acquisition, which has matured into a significant cash flow driver, generating nearly $100 million in quarterly free cash flow. AI integration remains a core focus, with the "agentic RAG" product gaining traction in government and enterprise sectors. During the Q&A, management addressed sequential SaaS revenue volatility as a byproduct of billing system normalization post-acquisition. The company remains focused on debt reduction, with plans to pay down $250 million this year and roll maturing convertibles into their revolving facility. CEO Yogesh Gupta reiterated a disciplined M&A stance, noting that private market valuations remain elevated. The full-year guidance was reiterated, projecting revenue up to $1 billion with a 39% operating margin, signaling confidence in the company's long-term growth and capital allocation strategy.

Valuation & Metrics

Market Stats

Price$32.83
Market Cap$1.4B
Enterprise Value$2.1B
P/S Ratio1.4x
P/FCF5.4x
EV/FCF8.3x
FCF Margin (TTM)26.1%
FCF Yield18.7%
Dividend Yield (TTM)--
Annual Dilution-4.8%
CurrencyUSD

TTM Financial Snapshot

Revenue$987.6M
Net Income$85.0M
Free Cash Flow$257.8M

Revenue Growth (YoY)+4.1%
EBITDA Margin17.7%
Net Margin8.6%
FCF Margin26.1%
CapEx % of Revenue0.7%
SBC % of Revenue6.9%
ROIC12.0%
WC Change % Rev-2.8%
Interest Coverage2.6x

DCF Fair Value Estimate

$33.49
+2.0% upside
Fair Enterprise Value$2.2B
โˆ’ Net Debt$756M
= Fair Equity$1.4B
Revenue Growth2.5% โ†’ 2.0%
FCF Margin26.1% โ†’ 22.0%
Discount Rate15.0%
Terminal EV/FCF10.0x

Forward Outlook & Risk

Short Interest

Short % of Float10.3%
Short Shares4.3M
Days to Cover4.1
Change (vs Prior)+9.0%
Short % Float History
10.30%-3.50pp
8.0%10.0%12.0%14.0%04-3007-1509-1511-1401-1504-30

Options

Call IV (ATM)63%
Put IV (ATM)64%
ATM Spread2.0%
Call $OI (near money)$345K
Put $OI (near money)$965K
ATM ExpiryJuly 17, 2026 (56D)
ATM Strike$30.0
Major Expirations4
Near-money chain ยท July 17, 2026
StrikeCall Bid/AskCall OIPut Bid/AskPut OI
$20.00$8.50/$11.200$0.20/$0.300
$22.50$6.20/$9.000$0.50/$0.650
$25.00$4.10/$7.200$0.85/$1.301
$27.50$4.00/$4.603$1.55/$2.103
$30.00$2.60/$3.204$2.65/$3.303
$32.50$1.60/$2.253$4.20/$4.800
$35.00$1.00/$1.5520$6.10/$6.600
$37.50$0.65/$1.150$7.00/$9.900
Snapshot: 2026-05-22

Forward Projections & Estimates

NTM Revenue Growth+1.8%
Forward FCF Margin25.1%
Forward EBITDA Margin32.6%
Forward P/FCF5.5x
Forward EV/FCF8.5x
Forward Int. Coverage5.1x
Model Risk Score7/10
Bankruptcy Odds12%
Est. Borrow Rate8.5%
Terminal EV/FCF10.0x
LT Growth2.0%
LT FCF Margin22.0%

Employees

Headcount2,815
Revenue / Employee$350,840
Gross Profit / Employee$275,945
2022: 2,071 โ†’ 2023: 2,284 โ†’ 2024: 2,815 โ†’ 2025: 2,801 (11% CAGR)

Institutional Ownership

Headline & net flow

NET BUYING

In Q1 2026 so far (quarter still filing), institutions are net buyers โ€” bought 14.2% of float, sold 8.2%. 4 filers moved >1% of shares (3 buying, 1 selling).

Net flow ยท Q1 2026still filing
+5.9% of float (net)
Bought 14.2% ยท Sold 8.3%
297 filers reported (last quarter: 327)

Ownership composition

Active
53.9%(-81.1% YoY)
264 filers
hedge / family / endowment
Retail funds
โ€”
Fidelity, Schwab, 401(k)
Passive
24.3%(-49.4% YoY)
5 filers
Vanguard, iShares, SPDR
Market makers
2.1%(+0.9% YoY)
9 filers
Citadel, Susquehanna
Insiders
2.0%
Form 4 โ€” latest per insider
0%25%50%75%100%2022-062023-032023-122024-092025-062026-03
ActiveRetail fundsPassiveMarket makersRetail direct

Top holders

Fund$ valueCost basisฮ” QoQฮ” YoYฮฑ lifeFund AUM
BlackRock, Inc.Passive$179M$66.65+$437Kโˆ’$1.3M-0.2%$5.69T
STATE STREET CORPPassive$45.2M$56.82โˆ’$171K+$317K-0.2%$2.89T
BTIM Corp.$44.1M$49.29โˆ’$3.8Mโˆ’$1.1M-0.5%$12.16B
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LPPassive$31.7M$39.44+$3.1M+$715K-0.4%$480.92B
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$31.3M$41.68+$17.9M+$26.7M+0.1%$184.72B
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCPassive$27.9M$53.59+$134K+$627K+2.3%$1.61T
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE$27.5M$44.29+$3.6M+$10.2M-0.2%$113.45B
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT$25.4M$47.11+$169K+$15.5M+0.0%$46.40B
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC$24.3M$36.16+$23.8M+$20.9M-0.2%$156.12B
Heron Bay Capital Management$23.5M$34.65+$16.7M+$21.0M-1.3%$1.08B
SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP$22.7M$48.91โˆ’$516K+$6.2M-0.6%$4.33B
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC$18.2M$45.34โˆ’$841K+$15.7M+0.3%$193.48B
MORGAN STANLEY$17.8M$51.54+$2.7Mโˆ’$6.8M-0.3%$1.65T
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC$16.7M$51.85+$5.6M+$2.3M-0.2%$760.93B
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.$16.6M$42.96โˆ’$4.5M+$16.6M+1.4%$58.02B
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.$16.3M$57.72+$12Kโˆ’$3.3M-0.0%$29.55B
FMR LLC$15.7M$52.08+$3.2Mโˆ’$7.4M+0.3%$1.89T
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC$15.3M$46.19+$995K+$2.5M+1.0%$645.81B
SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC$14.6M$57.48โˆ’$743K+$485K+0.2%$6.98B
BARCLAYS PLC$13.3M$55.44โˆ’$5.1M+$1.1M-0.1%$279.69B
Cost basis is a volume-weighted estimate from accumulation periods within our 13F history; holders who built their position before our window started will show a stale basis. % above the cost basis is the unrealized gain at the current price.

Trading behavior

Smart-money alpha (lifetime, %/qtr)NEUTRAL
Holders
-0.08%
avg per quarter
Holders (ex-self)
-0.07%
excl. this stock
Buyers (this Q)
-0.10%
67 buyers ยท $0.09B in
Sellers (this Q)
-0.19%
117 sellers ยท $0.44B out
alpha coverage: 100% of $ has a lifetime-alpha record
Holder behavior on this stocksource: stock
On big dips (โˆ’10%+)
-11.9%
how holders react when this stock falls
On quiet Qs
-14.3%
โˆ’10% to +10% baseline
On rallies (+10%+)
+21.5%
how they react when this stock rises
Holders' portfolio flow this Q
+4.3%
inflows โ€” adds are organic
Sellers' portfolio flow this Q
+0.2%
Sellers' overall flow ~ flat.
โ–ธ Compare to holder-profile behavior (across all their stocks)
Holder dip (any stock)
-3.4%
Holder mid (any stock)
-2.4%
Holder rally (any stock)
-5.9%

Top Holders Over Time

5-year share-count history (top 10 holders by peak, incl. exited) + price

02.5M4.9M7.4M9.8M$26$36$47$57$672021-062022-062023-062024-062025-062026-03
hover the chart for per-quarter detailprice (right axis)
BTIM Corp.1.7MSEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC570KMORGAN STANLEY694KWELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLPโ€”FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.635KRENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLCโ€”Pacer Advisors, Inc.โ€”FMR LLC611KMACQUARIE GROUP LTDโ€”NOMURA HOLDINGS INC186K

Analyst Coverage

Analyst Coverage
Price Targets
Last Year (5 analysts)$65.609980.0%
Current Price$32.83

Corporate

Executive Compensation (2023-2025)

Direct Pay$73.0M
Incentive & Other$27.7M
Total Compensation$100.7M
% of Revenue4.0%

Insider Trading (last 12mo)

Open-market only (Form 4 P-Purchase + S-Sale). Excludes grants, option exercises, tax withholding, gifts.
Officers & directors
Buys ($, 12mo)
$428K
3 txns ยท 3 insiders ยท 8,935 sh
Sells ($, 12mo)
$2.25M
12 txns ยท 4 insiders ยท 55,566 sh
Recent transactions
DateSideInsiderTitleSharesPriceDollarsOwned $
2026-05-19SELLFOLGER ANTHONYofficer: Chief Financial Officer4,474$29.13$130K$1.42M
2026-05-18SELLWANG YUFAN STEPHANIEofficer: Chief Legal Officer5,019$28.86$145K$73K
2026-03-11SELLSubramanian Sundarofficer: EVP/GM Infrastructure Mgmt1,600$38.28$61K$595K
2026-03-10SELLSubramanian Sundarofficer: EVP/GM Infrastructure Mgmt21,594$37.65$813K$585K
2026-02-03SELLFOLGER ANTHONYofficer: Chief Financial Officer6,000$40.00$240K$1.95M
2026-01-26SELLSubramanian Sundarofficer: EVP/GM Infrastructure Mgmt1,352$42.37$57K$1.23M
2025-10-06SELLPitt Ianofficer: Chief Information Officer409$46.20$19K$340K
2025-10-03SELLFOLGER ANTHONYofficer: Chief Financial Officer5,474$46.47$254K$1.98M
2025-10-03SELLWANG YUFAN STEPHANIEofficer: Chief Legal Officer1,428$46.26$66K$31K
2025-08-12BUYGawlick Rainerdirector1,710$43.48$74K$2.42M
2025-07-23BUYGupta Yogesh Kdirector, officer: Chief Executive Officer2,100$49.14$103K$11.42M
2025-07-23BUYKRALL DAVIDdirector5,125$48.90$251K$4.89M
2025-07-08SELLFOLGER ANTHONYofficer: Chief Financial Officer5,529$52.97$293K$2.31M
2025-07-01SELLSubramanian Sundarofficer: EVP/GM Infrastructure Mgmt501$60.30$30K$1.70M
2025-06-30SELLPitt Ianofficer: Chief Information Officer2,186$65.21$143K$425K

Order Flow (FINRA, ~3w lag)

14.4%retail+1.1pp
22.4%dark+0.7pp
week of 2026-04-13
10%20%30%40%24-1125-0225-0525-0825-1126-0226-04retail (non-ATS)dark (ATS)
Off-exchange volume from FINRA. Retail = non-ATS (wholesaler PFOF + broker internalization). Dark = ATS (dark-pool crossing networks, institutional). Lit-exchange = remainder.

Revenue Breakdown

Revenue Segments

By Product (2025-Q4)
Maintenance and Services$187.5M+32%
Software Licenses$65.2M-11%
By Geography (2025-Q4)
EMEA$72.6M+7%
Asia Pacific$16.1M+75%
Latin America$5.5M-2%

Filing Risk Analysis

Filing Risk Scores

Progress Software Corp: Administrative Filing Lacks Material Forensic Indicators

Overall Risk
2/10
Fraud
1/10
Dilution
1/10
Insolvency
1/10
Earnings Overstated
1/10
Hidden Liabilities
1/10
Legal
1/10
Audit Warnings
1/10
Hidden Upside
1/10
Contextually Acceptable
10/10

Counter-Thesis

Counter-Thesis & Recent News

๐Ÿ“ฐ Recent News

As of March 2026, PRGS hit a new 52-week low ($26.25) following a string of analyst downgrades. Weiss Ratings cut the stock to a 'Sell' (D+) on March 13, 2026, while Wedbush slashed its price target from $65 to $45. Despite beating Q1 2026 EPS estimates, the stock remains under heavy technical pressure due to a 36% decline throughout 2025 and ongoing takeover speculation that has yet to materialize into a floor for the share price (Barchart, MarketBeat).

๐Ÿป Bear Case

The core bear case centers on the massive financial liability from the 2023 MOVEit breach. In July 2025, a Massachusetts federal court denied motions to dismiss key claims in multi-district litigation (MDL) involving potential data exposure of 95.8 million individuals. With fact discovery underway in early 2026, legal experts warn that potential settlements or damages could severely impair the company's balance sheet. Furthermore, revenue growth is almost entirely inorganic, driven by the ShareFile acquisition rather than core product expansion (Forbes, Seeking Alpha).

๐Ÿšฉ Red Flags

Financial health is a major concern with a debt-to-equity ratio of ~2.18 and a current ratio of only 0.49 as of March 2026. The company faces $360 million in convertible notes due in April 2026, creating immediate liquidity pressure. Additionally, GAAP operating margins plummeted from 23% in Q3 2024 to 18% in Q3 2025, while 'quality of earnings' questions have surfaced regarding the high volume of non-GAAP add-backs (amortization and stock-based comp) which are 1.6 to 3 times GAAP earnings (MarketBeat, Forbes).

โš”๏ธ Competitive Threats

Progress is struggling to monetize AI, with management admitting in Q4 2025 that AI is currently a 'retention engine' rather than a growth driver. This leaves the company vulnerable to legacy competitors and more nimble AI-native firms that are capturing new enterprise spend. The company's net revenue retention remains stagnant despite AI investments, suggesting that PRGS is losing 'wallet share' to competitors in the application development and data connectivity space (Seeking Alpha, Simply Wall St).

๐Ÿ’ฌ Customer Sentiment

Sentiment is marred by the long-term reputational fallout of the MOVEit breach, which impacted over 2,700 organizations. While the CEO maintains that near-term AI disruption is 'overblown,' the lack of broad-based customer expansion indicates a cautious or defensive posture among the client base. Small business customers (accounting/law firms) are increasingly price-sensitive, and the reliance on M&A to 'buy' customers rather than growing them organically reflects a weak underlying sentiment for the core legacy portfolio (Forbes, Seeking Alpha).

Full Earnings Call Transcript

Full Earnings Call Transcript โ€” Q1 โ€ข 2026-03-30

Operator: Hello, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Progress Software Corp. First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the call over to Michael Micciche, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin.
Michael Micciche: Okay. Thank you, Twanda. Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for joining us for Progress Software's First Fiscal Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. Joining me on the call are Yogesh Gupta, President and CEO; and Anthony Folger, our Chief Financial Officer. Before we get started, please consider our safe harbor statement as follows. During this call, we will discuss our outlook for future financial and operating performance, corporate strategies, product plans, cost initiatives and other information that might be considered forward-looking. Such forward-looking information represents Progress Software's outlook and guidance only as of today and is subject to risks and uncertainties, and our actual results may vary materially. For a description of the factors that may affect our future results and operations, please refer to the risk factors in our SEC filings, particularly the Risk Factors section of our most recent Form 10-Q and the latest 10-Q being filed in conjunction with this announcement. Progress assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements included in this call. Additionally, please note that all the financial figures referenced on this call are non-GAAP measures unless otherwise indicated. You can find a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP figures in our earnings press release, which was issued after the market closed today. This document contains additional information related to our financial results for the first quarter of fiscal '26, and I recommend that you reference it for specific details. We've also provided a slide presentation that contains supplemental data for our first quarter and provides additional highlights and financial metrics. Both the earnings release and the supplemental presentation are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at investors.progress.com. Today's call is being recorded in its entirety and will be available for replay on the Investor Relations section of our website shortly after we finish. Yogesh, let me turn it over to you.
Yogesh Gupta: Thanks, Mike. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. We're very pleased to share our first quarter results with you today, so let's get right to it. We had another very good quarter. Revenue was $248 million, up 4% from last year's Q1. ARR grew 2% in constant currency over the same period and NRR remained strong at 99%. EPS for the quarter was $1.60, up 22% year-over-year as operating margins finished above 41%. We saw record cash flows as a result of strong focus on collections. Adjusted free cash flow was $99 million and unlevered free cash flow was $111 million. The balance sheet remains in great shape as we continue to aggressively pay down debt while also repurchasing shares. This strong performance is driven by AI and other innovations across our portfolio that are resonating with our customers. Now more than ever, our products remain mission-critical, our customers remain loyal, and our team continues to execute at a high level. These are also the reasons why we remain positive about our outlook. As always, the foundation underpinning our success is our total growth strategy. We continue to run the business with discipline as we innovate across the product portfolio and provide increasing value to our shareholders -- to our customers. That formula has worked for us through multiple technology shifts and industry transformations, and it continues to work today. On M&A, our corporate development team is betting deals aggressively and we further fine-tuned ShareFile operations, which continues to perform very well as one of our best acquisitions. Lastly, customer success remains our key focus. Now let me address the 3 topics that we know are top of mind. First, our business remains strong. We see solid retention and good performance across our products. Our product portfolio is broad and continues to power our customers' businesses, resulting in solid year-over-year growth and -- both in ARR and in revenue. As we previously said, our goal for NRR is 100%, and over the past few years, our NRR has consistently ranged between 99% and 101%. This quarter, NRR was 99% and ARR growth was solid, driven by the strength in our new customer acquisition as well as existing customer expansions, both of which were positively influenced by our AI investments and innovation. And this leads to the second topic, AI. We continue to see AI as an exciting opportunity for our business. We've discussed for several quarters how we're using AI internally to be better, more efficient operators, which we can demonstrate through improved productivity in every department. Our savings from these efforts are enabling us to continue to invest in our AI-related product efforts while delivering exceptional operating margins. Speaking of our product efforts, AI has enabled us to accelerate our innovation cycles as well as helped us transform our product capabilities to be more relevant for the future. We have been building AI into our products, and that is delivering meaningful business value to our customers today. It is our belief that trusted software companies like ourselves with excellent customer relationships, who leverage AI effectively will be the winners of this AI opportunity. Our customers are eager to understand how they can benefit from AI, while ensuring that their businesses remain secure and trustworthy. They continue to look to us to deliver AI capabilities that increase their competitiveness and improve their efficiency, so that they can thrive in this new world. One such example is a global beverage company that wanted to dramatically improve the way they serve their more than 20,000 employees worldwide. By leveraging our Progress agentic RAG product, they streamlined their HR operations, resulting in improved employee satisfaction at a significantly lower cost. Similarly, the tax authority and finance ministry of an overseas government is using the same product. So that all employees and citizens can get trusted verifiable answers from a host of data across that organization. And a state government in the U.S. is using the Progress data platform to harmonize and synthesize large volumes of data from different sources to identify and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. They first became a Progress customer less than 18 months ago, and they continue to identify new use cases for the data platform, targeting efficiencies and elimination of fraud in the range of tens of millions of dollars annually. Today, they are a 7-figure ARR customer of ours. Progress data platform and Progress agentic RAG transform business data, unstructured files, archives, websites, knowledge bases and multimedia into an information system that instantly and securely delivers stack-based, trusted and verifiable answers. Our AI-powered infrastructure management products are also being used to manage and secure modern tech infrastructure. For example, a leading financial payment company that annually processes over $100 billion of transactions is using Progress WhatsUp Gold, Loadmaster and Flowmon to improve the availability and security of their infrastructure and to reduce the time to detect, analyze and prevent security threats. And ShareFile customers are doing work in minutes that used to take hours with its AI document summarization and Q&A capabilities. Additionally, ShareFile AI-powered security capabilities proactively detect sensitive information and recommend actions to significantly reduce security risk. Our customers rely on Progress to support their journeys because they trust us to focus on practical business outcomes. Across our product, AI is contributing to measurable customer value from workflow automation and productivity gains to monetization. Every product at Progress is now an active participant in our customers' AI efforts, and we have embedded AI into our products with attention to governance, observability, cost and LLM flexibility. The third topic, capital allocation and M&A. It's worth noting that in Q1, we paid down $60 million in debt and repurchased $20 million of stock. Our balance sheet remains in good shape, and our cash generation gives us significant flexibility. Our capital allocation priorities remain very clear. We will continue to, number one, invest in our business and innovate. Number two, aggressively reduce debt and be opportunistic on buybacks. And number three, maintain our commitment to generate excess returns through disciplined M&A, followed by rapid synergistic integrations. We will use the same M&A lens. We have always used to acquire good companies with strong infrastructure technology products, loyal customers, high recurring revenue and customer retention and a compatible culture. It's also worth expanding on how ShareFile continues to create additional value. While it was our largest and most complex acquisition and integration to date, ShareFile has strengthened and scaled our recurring revenue mix, expanded our SaaS capabilities and contributed meaningfully to the bottom line and cash flow. Just as important, it has enhanced our ability to evaluate and integrate future SaaS opportunities while keeping the same discipline we've always had around returns and fit. I'm also excited to share that Progress recently opened a new innovation hub in Bangalore. This consolidates the office space for our former Progress and ShareFile offices and also demonstrates our long-term commitment to the region, as we continue to scale our engineering, product development, sales, and customer success teams. Our people in India are critical to our global growth and our innovation strategy, and this logical next step will enable us to efficiently deliver greater value to our customers worldwide. Finally, we continue to be positive as we look ahead, and Anthony will give you all the details in a minute. From my perspective, what we're seeing in our own business supports our confidence for the rest of this year. We're also maintaining a close watch on the macro environment and geopolitical events. So to summarize, the business is performing well. The model remains durable. AI is making our products and operations stronger. ShareFile is delivering, and our top line, margins and cash flow reflect solid execution across the company. As always, I want to thank our employees around the world for their hard work and commitment, and I want to thank our customers and partners for their continued trust. With that, I'll turn it over to Anthony.
Anthony Folger: All right. Thanks, Yogesh, and good afternoon, everyone. As you heard Yogesh's remarks, we're very pleased with our Q1 results, and we're excited to share a strong start to our fiscal year. So let's get right into the numbers, starting with ARR, which, as we've discussed, provides the best view into our top line performance. We closed Q1 with ARR of approximately $863 million, representing 2% pro forma year-over-year growth. For clarity, our pro forma results include ARR from acquired businesses in all periods presented. This growth in ARR reflects a broad-based contribution from across our portfolio, including OpenEdge, ShareFile, Loadmaster, WhatsUp Gold, MOVEit and our DevTools products. Consistent with prior quarters, our net retention rate remains strong, coming in at 99%, underscoring the resilience of our customer base and the mission-critical nature of our products. We did see some isolated churn in the quarter, which we expect to work through quickly, and we still delivered solid growth, thanks to strength in new customer wins and expansion in the installed base. Two areas positively influenced by our investments in AI and innovation. As a reminder, we calculate ARR in constant currency with all periods presented at current year budgeted exchange rates. Consistent with past practice, we've updated ARR using 2026 budgeted exchange rates. And as a result, ARR reported in prior periods has changed. The change is not material and doesn't alter the trend in ARR growth, although the previously reported ARR and NRR numbers changed slightly. The details of this update are included in the supplemental financial presentation filed with our press release. In addition to solid ARR growth, Q1 revenue of $248 million came in ahead of our expectations and reflects 4% growth on a year-over-year basis, led by strong performance in OpenEdge. As we've mentioned on previous earnings calls, the renewal timing of subscription contracts, especially multiyear subscriptions can have a meaningful impact on our revenue in any given quarter. And for this reason, we continue to focus on ARR as the best barometer of top line performance. Turning to expenses. Our total costs and operating expenses were approximately $146 million which was favorable to our internal forecast and largely flat compared to the year ago quarter as we continue to demonstrate disciplined cost management across the business. Operating income of $102 million was also better than our internal forecast, resulting in an operating margin of 41%, solid year-over-year margin expansion. Earnings per share of $1.60 for the quarter came in better than our internal expectations, the result of solid execution on the top line, coupled with strong cost management. Turning now to a few balance sheet and cash flow metrics. We ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $113 million and total debt of $1.35 billion for a net debt position of approximately $1.24 billion. As a reminder, our total debt includes our revolving credit facility with $540 million drawn a $360 million convertible note maturing this April and a $450 million convertible note maturing in 2030. At the end of this quarter, our net leverage ratio was 3.1x and down meaningfully from when we acquired ShareFile a little over a year ago. DSO for the quarter was 52 days, a significant improvement from 73 days reported in Q4. Deferred revenue was approximately $425 million at the end of the first quarter, up roughly $25 million year-over-year. Adjusted free cash flow was $99 million for the quarter, a significant increase compared to the $73 million in the prior year quarter. The improvement is primarily the result of increased collections. During the quarter, we paid down $60 million against our revolving line of credit and repurchased $20 million of Progress stock. We ended the quarter with $540 million drawn on our revolving line of credit and $182 million remaining under our current share repurchase authorization. Okay. Now I'd like to turn to our outlook for Q2 and the full year 2026. Before I get into the numbers, I'll highlight a few items. First, we continue to focus on ARR as a key metric and expect ARR growth to be generally in line with revenue growth for the full year. Second, we plan to roll our 2026 convertible notes into our revolving credit facility when they mature in April. At the end of Q1, we had approximately $960 million of unused revolver capacity, positioning us well to absorb the convert maturity and continue executing our strategy. Our updated EPS outlook reflects higher interest expense associated with the expected refinancing of the 2026 converts. Finally, on capital allocation. We remain focused on deploying capital where we see the strongest returns. At current levels, that means repaying debt and remaining disciplined in pursuit of accretive acquisitions against a high return threshold. It also includes opportunistic share repurchases. We continue to forecast debt repayment of $250 million for the full year, bringing our net leverage ratio to approximately 2.7x by year-end. With that, for the second quarter of 2026, we expect revenue between $240 million and $246 million and earnings per share of between $1.47 and $1.53. For the full year 2026, we expect revenue of between $988 million and $1 billion, approximately 1% to 2% growth over 2025. And an operating margin for the year of approximately 39%, adjusted free cash flow of between $263 million and $275 million, and unlevered free cash flow of between $315 million and $326 million; and finally, earnings per share between $5.91 and $6.03. Our guidance for the full year EPS assumes a tax rate of 20%, the repurchase of approximately $30 million in Progress shares, total debt repayment of $250 million and approximately 43 million weighted shares outstanding. In closing, we are very pleased to deliver a strong Q1 to start fiscal '26. Our diversified product portfolio continues to demonstrate resilience. Our cost discipline remains strong, and we continue to focus our capital allocation strategy on generating the highest returns through a combination of aggressive debt repayment and opportunistic share repurchases. In short, we believe we're very well positioned to execute our total growth strategy throughout 2026 and beyond. With that, I'd like to open the call for Q&A.
Operator: [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Ittai Kidron with Oppenheimer & Company.
Ittai Kidron: Numbers. I have a couple of questions. Yogesh, maybe starting with you on the M&A front, I mean 1 would think that in this current environment, it'll be even easier for you to buy companies. I'm kind of wondering -- I know you've always been very disciplined, of course, on the metrics that you're looking for, but why is it still taking you this long to find the next one.
Yogesh Gupta: So Ittai, 2-part answer to that question. One is that, as Anthony just mentioned, right, there is a clearly a higher bar today given where our own company stock is and our valuation is compared to what it historically was, right? So we are trading now at an EBITDA multiple that we would need to pay less to generate additional incremental value for our shareholders. So I think that creates a constraint on what we can pay. So that's part A. And I'm not saying that, that's why we haven't bought companies, but that's an important consideration in terms of the filter we can apply to the companies we can look at. The second one is we want to make sure that we find the right assets. And we are truly very active at this point looking at those. But again, as I said, that combination creates a challenge. And the flip side is that even though the public markets are where they are, the private markets Ittai, are still, let's just say, disconnected from reality, if what the public markets are is the reality, right? So at least they're disconnected from the public markets on the valuation side. So I think those two things are really it. We actually see tremendous activity in the market. We are seeing all kinds of companies come around. And obviously, everybody on this call will be the first to know when we do one.
Ittai Kidron: Got it. And then Anthony, for you, can you talk about your SaaS revenue. It's kind of -- it's actually down quite substantially on a quarter-over-quarter basis. You guys talked about ShareFile actually doing well for you. But you did mention on the call some elevated churn, isolated churn, I think you called it. So we'd love to get a little bit more color on what isolated churn means and why is the SaaS revenue declining quarter-over-quarter.
Anthony Folger: Yes, sure, Ittai. And maybe I'll take the isolated churn comment first because I do think they're a little bit different in terms of the isolated churn and the SaaS revenue. But in terms of isolated churn, yes, we had a couple of, I'd say, customer-specific events that weren't really related to product value or competitive dynamics or really a broader trend in the business. And to give you an example, we had a 7-figure government contract in Eastern Europe for data retention services and a European court ruled, the government had to cease retaining the data. And so as a result, contract churned out, right? So not because of any dissatisfaction with our product or competitive loss, but the underlying use case effectively gets eliminated by a court rule. And so occasionally, we see issues like that. We've seen them in the past. We've talked about it. M&A sometimes can be something that may cause a little bit of churn in our business. So like in times past, not material overall and really specific to a particular situation. And I think something will probably work through pretty quickly. And despite that, having put up 2% ARR growth for the quarter was a pretty good testament to new customer acquisition and some of the expansion that we got out of the base. So that was the -- what I was referring to in terms of the any sort of isolated churn. In terms of the SaaS dynamics on revenue, if you'll recall, back in Q4, we were asked about a big sequential increase in our SaaS revenue. And I think I said at the time that it was a little bit of an upside surprise. And we expected things to normalize in 2026 and sort of come back in line with the maybe closer to the annual number for 2025. So the Q4 number wasn't something we expected to sustain if you look at it sequentially. On a year-over-year basis, obviously, the SaaS revenue number is still growing. And the reason for it, what's underlying it is just a lot of the cleanup that we have been doing on the ShareFile business, right? We mentioned, I think, on the Q2 call last year that CSG was doing -- still doing the billings for us up until April of 2025. And then we have to stand up a billing system internally. And it probably took us until the back half of last year to get our arms around that completely. And so there's a lot of data that goes on. Some of it in Q4, some of it in Q1, and there'll be a little bit of it that continues throughout 2026. Again, not material in total, but it may bump numbers around a little bit from time to time. And I guess, from the other side of it is as we get our arms around the data and as we sort of get more and more control around the ShareFile business, the positive aspects that we saw, especially this quarter were enhanced collections, right? And the free cash flow of almost $100 million for the quarter. I think the significant improvement we saw was largely the result of improved collections in ShareFile. So on the one hand, there's a lot of data to clean up. But as we get that data cleaned and as we get our arms around the systems, we certainly make up for lost time on the collections front, which was nice.
Operator: Our next question comes from the line of John DiFucci with Guggenheim Securities.
John DiFucci: My first question is for Yogesh. So Yogesh, it was interesting that you mentioned Chef's doing really well and one of your best acquisitions performance-wise. As you know, the developer seat count, I'm glad you said that because there's a lot of concern out there with the developer seat count, and it's -- there's a huge debate out there. I guess you're doing well here, but are you seeing -- take Chef out of it. I mean -- when you talk to your customers, when you see what they're doing, are you seeing any change in developer numbers at your customer base? And whether that could be like they're not hiring as much as they used to be or they're actually declining or they're not declining. Whatever you're seeing? And then secondly, why is it regardless of what that answer is, why is it that Chef's doing so well?
Yogesh Gupta: So I think, by the way, just I think -- I don't know whether it was the audio or whether it would mean or which end but John, the product I mentioned that's doing really well with ShareFile, not Chef. A misunderstanding. But anyway, let me talk about the developer scenario, though, because our developer products are doing well, right? And so the reason I think -- so there are two parts. So I think first, talking about our customers, what we are seeing, I believe that there is a change in trend, but I wouldn't say that the absolute developer numbers overall appear to be dropping. The absolute numbers have dropped in what I would call a small number of customers. But by and large, I think the trend is less growth than historic. And so I think that the developer seats and seat-based developer businesses which primarily is DevTools for us, which is a relatively small business. It's about -- it's a single digit -- mid-single-digit percentage business for us, right? That business is where if we didn't do the right things, we would see challenges. So what we have done is we've actually done significant AI investments there to make our developer tools, which are primarily libraries for developing great UI and so on, be more relevant in the agentic age, help with developers who are building agentic apps and provide them with the right tooling for that. So we are effectively doing a significant amount of change in that, what I call, the value proposition for the developer. And so we feel good about how that business continues to perform. But it is a business that has the greatest potential risk, which is why it has also had the greatest acceleration on our part in terms of the AI work that we have done with it. And so we're seeing good business there, and we continue to see good business there. I think that the products like Chef continue to do well because infrastructure needs to be managed, infrastructure needs to be configured, infrastructure needs to be set up so that things run well. And so that product is a workhorse for many large enterprises, including the largest credit -- pretty much every credit card company pretty much many of the Silicon Valley tech companies, et cetera. I mean, literally, 2 of the MAX 7 have been customers forever. So it is a very, very strong and solid product. And we continue to see basically the need for that product, and we win some new customers as well, which -- but I think the ShareFile product, on the other hand, is doing well from a customer perspective as well because of the AI efforts there. So I'm sorry about the confusion about my voice. I'm sorry about that.
John DiFucci: No. Yogesh, it wasn't you. I'm sure it's me. I can't hear that well sometimes. But thank you for answering the second question, which was, I think, more important anyway. And I guess just a follow-up for Anthony. I want to follow up to Ittai's question on the SaaS business because it does sound like ShareFile is doing really well. And it's a big acquisition, and it's your first big SaaS acquisition, Big SaaS acquisition. But the SaaS revenue didn't just decline sequentially. It declined to less than it was the last 3 quarters. And so that like -- I mean it's not like just the fourth quarter was stronger. It's like the last 3 quarters were stronger. So can you help us a little bit because something odd happened. And it sounds like the business is doing really well. You guys have said it several times, even if I heard it wrong. But what is it that what happened this quarter, like it wouldn't have been just like recognition. Sometimes I can imagine you don't get the renewal and you're not recognizing it and then you recognize it like -- but it's not just the fourth quarter that was stronger than this quarter. Sorry.
Anthony Folger: Yes. I got it, John. And yes, I think, the range of SaaS revenue for the business overall has been -- if I were to normalize for the cleanup issues that I sort of referred to, it's between $72 million and $73 million, going back to, I don't know, Q1 of last year. So that's if I sort of normalize each of these quarters. And all that's happening is we talked about it a little bit last year that taking over the billing system from CSG was a pretty significant milestone in terms of integration. And in the back half of the year, as we started to get our arms around the data, there was a lot of cleanup that needed to be done. In some cases, we had customers that haven't been billed and needed to get invoiced, they required some catch-up invoicing and there were some that needed to be written out of ARR or reserved against revenue for whatever reason. And there was just a lot of data that we really didn't have access to pre-acquisition and even with CSG doing a lot of the billings under the TSA. In the back half of last year as we started to clean that up. Again, not material overall. But if it's a few million dollars here and there as we go quarter-to-quarter, it may move that number around a little bit. And that's really all it was. I mean, otherwise, you're right. The ShareFile business, if I were to sort of normalize these things out, like I said, $72 million to $73 million for total SaaS revenue on a quarterly basis is where it's been.
John DiFucci: Okay. And that's helpful. But should -- is it cleaned up now, Anthony, should we assume that this should behave like a listen, we didn't expect a lot of growth out of it, but just even if it's solid or steady or will -- or could we potentially see some declines going forward too?
Anthony Folger: No, I think it is largely cleaned up in any of these cleanup issues that we need to do will get smaller and smaller as we go forward. So I don't expect significant issues with it. I mean, as Yogesh said, the business fundamentally from an operational perspective has been incredibly solid.
Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Lucky Schreiner with D.A. Davidson.
Lucky Schreiner: Great. Maybe and apologies to follow up again on the line of questioning here. But on that isolated churn event. If I remember last quarter, I believe you guys talked to not seeing an impact of multiyear contracts for this year. And so it sounds like maybe visibility there changed. Is that related to the isolated churn event? Or is that something different?
Yogesh Gupta: Lucky, not really. When the EU court puts out a statement saying, "Thou shall stop immediately." This was an Eastern European government. They basically instantly told that they were going to stop paying. And so this was actually -- the customers were local telephone customers, local -- and this was call records of phone calls that people make. And when that became -- that was deemed illegal, the country immediately, government immediately said to all those call record companies and all the telephone companies saying, "Hey, can't retain this anymore, delete it all, and we will not pay you anymore starting right now." So it was what I would call a surprise churn, right? It was one of those things where they just happened to say, sorry, we can't pay you anymore because we've got -- we're not getting paid anymore. So it's a weird thing, right? I mean we could go and tell them, hey, you have a contract, it doesn't expire for a little bit. But at the same time, we really -- when governments do those kind of things, I think it's tough to get folks to comply. So we wanted to basically take the churn, and we'll take them the churn.
Lucky Schreiner: Got you. So yes, it sounds like visibility hasn't changed then.
Yogesh Gupta: Maybe not at all. This was unusual. This was truly unusual. It was -- the decision came out, the government acted and the service providers had to act. I mean it was within a matter of 2 weeks and completely from left field.
Lucky Schreiner: Got you. That's helpful. Maybe then on NRR. I know you guys are within your target framework. But what's going to take to get that above the 100% target? Is that a function of just working through the recent churn event? And you mentioned maintaining a close watch on the macro. Is that at all playing a factor here?
Yogesh Gupta: So I don't feel that today macro is playing a factor for our business. I can't speak for the rest of the world. But for Progress, I believe, this is purely because of the isolated churn that we saw. And as you know, Lucky, because our NRR is a trailing 4-quarter number, it moves rather slowly and so it will take us a little bit to get us back. Our target continues to be being at or above 100%. I mean our goal says 100% NRR is our goal. And -- but we've actually fluctuated between 99% and 101%, by and large, for the last few years. I think occasionally, we've touched 102%, but by and large, it's been between 99% and 101%. So we actually feel good about our business. And we also feel good, Lucky, that we were able to grow ARR by 2% year-over-year, which is another point because -- when you think about it, when NRR is somewhat light, it doesn't take much for first few tens of basis points of things to move. The fact that we were able to grow our ARR 2% year-over-year means that obviously, new customers are embracing us and our expansions continue to be good, et cetera. So we continue to be confident we are not concerned about the way the business is going at this stage. And the reason why caveat at this stage is the macro and the geopolitical events going on, which I think -- I mean the uncertainty around those, I don't have to sort of share with anyone that we all know that basically, some days, people think in the morning, it's going to be okay and the evening is going to be not okay. So with that kind of uncertainty, unclear as to what will happen in the market. We will continue to monitor that very, very closely. But so far, we have not seen any instance or any example or any anecdotal evidence, anything at all to say that macro is having an impact on us.
Operator: [Operator Instructions] I'm showing no further questions in the queue. I would now like to turn the call back over to Yogesh for closing remarks.
Yogesh Gupta: Well, thank you, everyone, for joining. It's a pleasure to speak with you all, and we look forward to speaking with you again next quarter. Bye-bye.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.