NasdaqGS:PLUSElectronic
ePlus (PLUS) Stock Cools As Margin Pressure Clouds Backlog Strength
ePlus stock handed back 2.6% today to about US$94.56 after investors weighed a solid but unspectacular quarter against a valuation that already prices in a lot of good news. The key issue is margin pressure. Net sales reached US$649.1m and bookings and open orders moved higher, yet gross margin slipped to 23.3% and earnings per share landed at US$1.16 on a GAAP basis.
Short term traders see a stock cooling after a strong run over the past month. Longer term investors are now asking whether...