AMSWA American Software

American Software, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of supply chain management and enterprise software solutions. It operates through the following segments: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information Technology (IT) Consulting, and Other. The SCM segment offers supply chain optimization and retail planning solutions. The IT Consulting segment provides software enhancements, documentation, updates, customer education, consulting, systems integration services, maintenance, and support services. The Other segment involves the purchasing and materials management, customer order processing, financial, e-commerce, and traditional manufacturing solutions. The company was founded by James C. Edenfield in 1970 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Company profile
Ticker
AMSWA
Exchange
Website
CEO
H. Allan Dow
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Sector
Industry (SIC)
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Corporate docs
IRS number
581098795
AMSWA stock data
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News
Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Monday
22 Mar 21
Recap: American Software Q3 Earnings
24 Feb 21
American Software Q3 Adj. EPS $0.09 Beats $0.04 Estimate, Sales $27.68M Miss $27.91M Estimate
24 Feb 21
Earnings Scheduled For February 24, 2021
24 Feb 21
Earnings Outlook For American Software
23 Feb 21
Press releases
Sidoti Virtual Investor Conference
23 Mar 21
Two Demand Management Customers Named "Pros to Know"
18 Mar 21
Demand Management President Bill Harrison Once Again Named a "Pro to Know"
18 Mar 21
Live Webcast: Deliver Better Business Outcomes – Managing Supply Variability
16 Mar 21
American Software to Present at the Sidoti Spring 2021 Virtual Conference
15 Mar 21
Calendar
5 Mar 21
21 Apr 21
30 Apr 21
Financial summary
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Financial data from company earnings reports.
Recent insider trades
Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | Indirect | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
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20 Apr 21 | Hogue Dennis | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | No | 9.71 | 3,000 | 29.13K | 21,274 |
20 Apr 21 | Hogue Dennis | Stock Option Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | No | 9.71 | 3,000 | 29.13K | 0 |
26 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | No | No | 20.6443 | 9,353 | 193.09K | 96,838 |
26 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | No | 10.01 | 9,353 | 93.62K | 106,191 |
26 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Stock Option Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | No | 10.01 | 9,353 | 93.62K | 52,000 |
25 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | No | No | 20.6 | 3,647 | 75.13K | 96,838 |
25 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | No | 10.01 | 3,647 | 36.51K | 100,485 |
25 Mar 21 | Vincent C Klinges | Stock Option Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | No | 10.01 | 3,647 | 36.51K | 61,353 |
25 Mar 21 | Mckenna Matthew G | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | No | No | 20.4 | 3,000 | 61.2K | 8,000 |
25 Mar 21 | Mckenna Matthew G | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | No | No | 20.4 | 3,000 | 61.2K | 11,000 |
Institutional ownership Q4 2020
Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.
84.3% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders |
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Total holders | 120 |
Opened positions | 7 |
Closed positions | 15 |
Increased positions | 35 |
Reduced positions | 49 |
13F shares |
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Total value | 1B |
Total shares | 26.04M |
Total puts | 0 |
Total calls | 0 |
Total put/call ratio | – |
Largest owners |
Shares | Value |
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Brown Capital Management | 3.6M | $61.81M |
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management | 2.81M | $48.18M |
BLK Blackrock | 2.15M | $36.96M |
Renaissance Technologies | 1.93M | $33.21M |
Vanguard | 1.72M | $29.48M |
ATAC Neuberger Berman | 1.68M | $28.83M |
Dimensional Fund Advisors | 1.06M | $18.23M |
William Blair Investment Management | 878.05K | $15.08M |
STT State Street | 723.19K | $12.42M |
John G Ullman & Associates | 721.05K | $12.38M |
Financial report summary
?Risks
- A variety of factors may affect our future results and the market price of our stock.
- We cannot predict every event and circumstance that may affect our business, and therefore the risks and uncertainties discussed below may not be the only ones you should consider.
- Disruptions in the financial and credit markets, international trade disputes, the COVID-19 pandemic and other external influences in the U.S. and global markets may reduce demand for our software and related services, which may negatively affect our revenues and operating results.
- There may be an increase in customer bankruptcies due to weak economic conditions.
- Changes in the value of the U.S. dollar, as compared to the currencies of foreign countries where we transact business, could harm our operating results.
- Our markets are very competitive, and we may not be able to compete effectively.
- Many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater resources than we do, and therefore we may be at a disadvantage in competing with them.
- Due to competition, we may change our pricing practices, which could adversely affect operating margins or customer ordering patterns.
- Our growth is dependent upon the successful further development of our direct and indirect sales channels.
- We are dependent upon the retail industry for a significant portion of our revenues.
- We may derive a significant portion of our revenues in any quarter from a limited number of large, non-recurring sales.
- Our lengthy sales cycle makes it difficult to predict quarterly revenue levels and operating results.
- We derive a significant portion of our services revenues from a small number of customers. If these customers were to discontinue the usage of our services or delay their implementation our total revenues would be adversely affected.
- Services revenues carry lower gross margins than license revenues and an overall increase in services revenues as a percentage of total revenues could have an adverse impact on our business.
- If our customers elect not to renew maintenance contracts after the initial maintenance period and the loss of those customers is not offset by new maintenance customers, our maintenance revenues and total revenues would be adversely affected.
- If accounting interpretations relating to revenue recognition change or companies we acquire have applied such standards differently than we do or have not applied them at all, our reported revenues could decline or we could be forced to make changes in our business practices or we may incur the expense and risks associated with an audit or restatement of the acquired company’s financial statements.
- Our future growth depends upon our ability to develop and sustain relationships with complementary vendors to market and implement our software products, and a failure to develop and sustain these relationships could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance and financial condition.
- Failure to maintain our margins and service rates for implementation services could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance and financial condition.
- Our past and future acquisitions may not be successful and we may have difficulty integrating acquisitions.
- Our business may require additional capital.
- Business disruptions could affect our operating results.
- Our international operations and sales subject us to risks associated with unexpected activities outside of the United States.
- It may become increasingly expensive to obtain and maintain liability insurance.
- Adverse litigation results could affect our business.
- Growth in our operations could increase demands on our managerial and operational resources.
- Unanticipated changes in tax laws and effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.
- We may not be successful in convincing customers to migrate to current or future releases of our products, which may lead to reduced services and maintenance revenues and less future business from existing customers.
- We depend on third-party technology which could result in increased costs or delays in the production and improvement of our products if it should become unavailable or if it contains defects.
- The use of open source software in our products may expose us to additional risks and harm our intellectual property.
- We may be unable to retain or attract customers if we do not develop new products and enhance our current products in response to technological changes and competing products.
- If our products are not able to deliver quick, demonstrable value to our customers, our business could be seriously harmed.
- If we do not maintain software performance across accepted platforms and operating environments, our license, subscription and services revenue could be adversely affected.
- Our software products and product development are complex, which makes it increasingly difficult to innovate, extend our product offerings, and avoid costs related to correction of program errors.
- If the open source community expands into enterprise application and supply chain software, our revenues may decline.
- Implementation of our products can be complex, time-consuming and expensive, customers may be unable to implement our products successfully, and we may become subject to warranty or product liability claims, which could be costly to resolve and result in negative publicity.
- An increase in sales of software products that require customization would result in revenue being recognized over the term of the contract for those products and could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance and financial condition.
- We sometimes experience delays in product releases, which can adversely affect our business.
- We may not receive significant revenues from our current research and development efforts for several years.
- We may experience liability claims arising out of the sale of our software and provision of services.
- Concerns that our products do not adequately protect the privacy of consumers could inhibit sales of our products.
- We face risks associated with the security of our products, and if our data protection or other security measures are compromised and as a result our data, our customers’ data or our IT systems are accessed improperly, made unavailable, or improperly modified, our products and services may be perceived as vulnerable, our reputation could be damaged, the IT services we provide to our customers could be disrupted, and customers may stop using our products and services, all of which could reduce our revenue and earnings, increase our expenses and expose us to legal claims and regulatory actions.
- Any interruptions or delays in services from third parties, including data center hosting facilities and cloud computing platform providers, or our inability to adequately plan for and manage service interruptions or infrastructure capacity requirements, could impair the delivery of our services and harm our business.
- Privacy and security concerns, including evolving government regulation in the area of data privacy, could adversely affect our business and operating results.
- We might experience significant errors or security flaws in our software products and services.
- We are dependent upon key personnel, and need to attract and retain highly qualified personnel in all areas.
- We periodically have restructured our sales force, which can be disruptive.
- Our technical personnel have unique access to customer data, and may abuse that privilege.
- Our business is subject to changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure that has increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
- One shareholder beneficially owns a substantial portion of our stock, and as a result exerts substantial control over us.
- Our articles of incorporation and bylaws and Georgia law may inhibit a takeover of our company.
- We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of NASDAQ rules and, as a result, qualify for, and rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
- We could experience fluctuations in quarterly operating results that could adversely affect our stock price.
- Our stock price is volatile and there is a risk of litigation.
- Our dividend policy is subject to change.
- The price of our common stock may decline due to shares eligible for future sale or actual future sales of substantial amounts of our common stock.
Management Discussion
- Corporate capital spending trends and commitments are the primary determinants of the size of the market for business software. Corporate capital spending is, in turn, a function of general economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad and in particular may be affected by conditions in U.S. and global credit markets. In recent years, the weakness in the overall global economy and the U.S. economy has resulted in reduced expenditures in the business software market.
- In April 2020, the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) provided an update to the World Economic Outlook for the 2020 and 2021 world economic growth forecast. The update noted that, “As a result of the pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 percent in 2020, much worse than during the 2008–09 financial crisis. In a baseline scenario, which assumes that the pandemic fades in the second half of 2020 and containment efforts can be gradually unwound, the global economy is projected to grow by 5.8 percent in 2021 as economic activity normalizes, helped by policy support.
- There is extreme uncertainty around the global growth forecast. The economic fallout depends on factors that interact in ways that are hard to predict, including the pathway of the pandemic, the intensity and efficacy of containment efforts, the extent of supply disruptions, the repercussions of the dramatic tightening in global financial market conditions, shifts in spending patterns, behavioral changes (such as people avoiding shopping malls and public transportation), confidence effects, and volatile commodity prices.”
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Financial reports
10-Q
2021 Q3
Quarterly report
5 Mar 21
10-Q
2021 Q2
Quarterly report
4 Dec 20
10-Q
2021 Q1
Quarterly report
4 Sep 20
10-K
2020 FY
Annual report
10 Jul 20
10-Q
2020 Q3
Quarterly report
6 Mar 20
10-Q
2020 Q2
Quarterly report
6 Dec 19
10-Q
2020 Q1
Quarterly report
6 Sep 19
10-K
2019 FY
Annual report
14 Jul 19
10-Q
2019 Q3
Quarterly report
7 Mar 19
10-Q
2019 Q2
Quarterly report
7 Dec 18
Current reports
8-K
Subscription Fees Increased 29%, Cloud Services Annual Contract Value Increased 24% for the Quarter
24 Feb 21
8-K
American Software Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Distributions
20 Jan 21
8-K
Subscription Fees Increased 27%, Cloud Services Annual Contract Value Increased 32% for the Quarter
19 Nov 20
8-K
Subscription Fees Increased 43%, Cloud Services Annual Contract Value Increased 36% and Operating Earnings Increased 11% for the Quarter
26 Aug 20
8-K
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
20 Aug 20
8-K
Subscription Fees Increased 64%, Cloud Services Annual Contract Value Increased 53% and Operating Earnings Increased 57% for the Quarter
18 Jun 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
1 Jun 20
8-K
Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
26 May 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
26 May 20
8-K
Subscription Fees Increased 57%, Cloud Services Annual Contract Value Increased 58% and License Fees Increased 115% for the Quarter
20 Feb 20
Registration and prospectus
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
26 Aug 19
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
7 Sep 17
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
30 Aug 16
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
25 Aug 15
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
9 Oct 13
S-8 POS
Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)
19 Aug 10
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
18 Aug 10
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
20 Aug 09
S-8 POS
Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)
20 Aug 09
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
12 Jul 09
Proxies
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
4 Aug 20
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
26 Jul 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
1 Aug 18
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
26 Jul 17
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
26 Jul 16
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
26 Jul 15
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
24 Jul 14
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
18 Aug 13
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
24 Jul 13
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
29 Jul 12
Other
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
9 Jun 09
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
2 Jun 09
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
19 May 09
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
30 Apr 09
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
16 Apr 09
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
17 Mar 09
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
3 Mar 09
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
27 Jan 09
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
14 Jan 09
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
29 Dec 08
Ownership
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / DENNIS HOGUE ownership change
20 Apr 21
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / VINCENT C KLINGES ownership change
29 Mar 21
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / MATTHEW G MCKENNA ownership change
26 Mar 21
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / VINCENT C KLINGES ownership change
26 Mar 21
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / Bryan L. Sell ownership change
15 Mar 21
4
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / JAMES C EDENFIELD ownership change
4 Mar 21
SC 13G/A
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ownership change
12 Feb 21
SC 13G
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / Neuberger Berman ownership change
11 Feb 21
SC 13G/A
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES ownership change
10 Feb 21
SC 13G/A
AMERICAN SOFTWARE / KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ownership change
10 Feb 21
Transcripts
2021 Q3
Earnings call transcript
25 Feb 21
2021 Q2
Earnings call transcript
19 Nov 20
2021 Q1
Earnings call transcript
26 Aug 20
2020 Q4
Earnings call transcript
18 Jun 20
2020 Q3
Earnings call transcript
20 Feb 20
2020 Q2
Earnings call transcript
21 Nov 19
2020 Q1
Earnings call transcript
28 Aug 19
2019 Q4
Earnings call transcript
19 Jun 19
2019 Q3
Earnings call transcript
20 Feb 19
2019 Q2
Earnings call transcript
29 Nov 18
Reddit threads
Daily Discussion Thread - February 24th, 2021
24 Feb 21
Daily Discussion Thread - February 23rd, 2021
23 Feb 21
Daily Discussion Thread - February 22nd, 2021
22 Feb 21
Daily Discussion Thread - February 4th, 2021
4 Feb 21
Daily Discussion Thread - November 19th, 2020
19 Nov 20
Daily Discussion Thread - November 18th, 2020
18 Nov 20
Daily Discussion Thread - November 17th, 2020
17 Nov 20
Daily Discussion Thread - November 16th, 2020
16 Nov 20