Aquatic Capital Management LLC Makes New $9.21 Million Investment in PTC Inc. $PTC

Aquatic Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 45,354 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,208,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in PTC by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 2,498 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $387,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of PTC by 34.4% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 297 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PTC in the second quarter valued at approximately $285,000. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of PTC in the second quarter valued at approximately $283,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in shares of PTC by 887.0% in the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,438 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $420,000 after buying an additional 2,191 shares during the period. 95.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on PTC shares. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on PTC from $240.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on PTC from $219.00 to $189.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. KeyCorp set a $210.00 target price on PTC in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup decreased their price target on PTC from $181.00 to $166.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded PTC from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $205.00 to $162.00 in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, PTC has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $188.08.

PTC Stock Down 1.0%

NASDAQ PTC opened at $155.89 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $160.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $180.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.55 billion, a PE ratio of 22.76, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 1.03. PTC Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $133.38 and a fifty-two week high of $219.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 1.22.

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.33. PTC had a return on equity of 24.63% and a net margin of 28.86%.The company had revenue of $685.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $635.44 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.10 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. PTC has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.930-2.540 EPS. Equities analysts expect that PTC Inc. will post 4.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at PTC

In other PTC news, EVP Staats Aaron C. Von sold 240 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.10, for a total transaction of $38,664.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,221 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,579,803.10. The trade was a 1.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.29% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

PTC Company Profile

PTC Inc (NASDAQ: PTC) is a global technology company that develops software and services to help manufacturers design, operate, and service physical products. Founded in 1985 as Parametric Technology Corporation, PTC pioneered parametric, feature-based CAD with its Pro/ENGINEER product (now marketed as Creo) and has since expanded its portfolio to address product lifecycle management, Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality (AR) and industrial connectivity.

Key product lines include Creo for 3D CAD; Windchill for product lifecycle management (PLM); ThingWorx, an IoT platform for connecting devices and building industrial applications; Vuforia, an AR platform for creating immersive service and training experiences; and Kepware, a suite for industrial connectivity and protocol translation.