Will Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) and Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) deliver in February?

Snowflake Inc would recover faster from the latest fall as its shares price went up 0.66% to Progress Software's 1.13%As many rational traders are trying to avoid technology space, it makes sense to sum up Progress Software a little further and understand how it stands against Snowflake Inc and other similar entities. We are going to discuss some of the competitive aspects of both Progress and Snowflake.
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By analyzing existing technical and fundamental indicators between Progress Software and Snowflake, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on both companies' prices and check if they can diversify away market risk if combined in one of your portfolios. You can also utilize pair trading strategies for matching a long position in Snowflake with a short position in Progress Software. Check out our pair correlation module for more information.

Let's begin by analyzing the assets.
The asset utilization indicator refers to the revenue earned for every dollar of assets a company currently reports. Progress Software has an asset utilization ratio of 68.04 percent. This connotes that the company is making $0.68 for each dollar of assets. An increasing asset utilization means that Progress Software is more efficient with each dollar of assets it utilizes for everyday operations.
Investment perspective, in general, refers to a viewpoint or opinion regarding investment opportunity in Progress Software. It encompasses the assessment of an investment's potential risks and rewards, and expectations for its performance over time. Several factors influence the investment perspective on Progress Software, including investment goals, risk tolerance, time horizon, market conditions, and research and analysis. Investors have varying goals, such as capital preservation, income generation, or long-term growth. Risk tolerance plays a significant role in shaping an investor's perspective, with some being more risk-averse and others willing to take on higher risks for potential returns.

How important is Progress Software's Liquidity

Progress Software financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Progress Software ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Progress Software financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to Progress Software's owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of Progress Software's financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between Progress Software's total debt and its cash.

Progress Software Gross Profit

Progress Software Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Progress Software previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Progress Software Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Progress Software's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

What is driving Progress Software Investor Appetite?

Revenue is income that a firm generates from business activities such us rendering services or selling goods to customers. It is a crucial part of a business and an essential item when evaluating a company's financial statements. Revenues from a firm's primary business operations can be reported on the income statement as sales revenue, net sales, or simply sales, depending on the industry in which a given company operates.
Revenue is typically recorded when cash or cash equivalents are exchanged for services or goods and can include product or services discounts, promotions, as well as early payments on invoices or services rendered in advance.

Revenue Breakdown

Let me now analyze Progress Software revenue. Based on the latest financial disclosure, Progress Software reported 513.57 M of revenue. This is 87.4% lower than that of the Technology sector and significantly higher than that of the Software—Application industry. The revenue for all United States stocks is 94.56% higher than that of Progress Software. As for Snowflake Inc we see revenue of 1.03 B, which is much higher than that of the Software—Application
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Our Progress analysis connotes possible reversion in February

The coefficient of variation is down to -1897.52 as of today. Progress Software exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.01 and kurtosis of 0.96. However, we advise investors to further study Progress Software technical indicators to make sure all market info is available and is reliable. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Progress Software's stock risk against market volatility during both bullying and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Progress Software's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.

Progress Software Implied Volatility

Progress Software's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Progress Software stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Progress Software's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Progress Software stock will not fluctuate a lot when Progress Software's options are near their expiration.

Our Bottom Line On Progress Software

While other entities in the software—application industry are either recovering or due for a correction, Progress may not be as strong as the others in terms of longer-term growth potentials. With a somewhat neutral outlook on your 90 days horizon, it may be better to hold off any trading activity and neither buy new shares of Progress nor trade your existing holdings in the Stock. It seems the expected volatility has not yet been fully factored into the current price. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Progress Software.

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