PENG
Penguin Solutions, Inc.
PENG's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 19x earnings, about a third of its usual 67x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
PENG Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Weak | |
| Healthy |
PENG's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its cash flow is weak.
PENG PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11x | $50.10 | — |
| Current | 19x | $50.10 | — |
| Cheap | 36x | $93.86 | +87% |
| Fair | 66x | $171 | +240% |
| Expensive | 83x | $215 | +330% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PENG's PE is in its cheap range at 19x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 11x next year's earnings.
PENG Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for PENG, with profitability improving.
PENG Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.56 | +76% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.59 | +793% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.41 | +$1.69 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.72 | +$0.89 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.23 | +$0.75 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.29 | +$1.29 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.28 | +$2.80 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.17 | +$3.51 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.52 | +$3.45 |
PENG's earnings per share have climbed steadily: $2.59 over the past year, about nine times what it earned the year before, and higher year over year for nine quarters in a row.
PENG Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $566.7M | +68% |
| Q2 2026 | $478.7M | +48% |
| Q1 2026 | $343M | -6.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $343.1M | +0.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $337.9M | +8.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $324.3M | +7.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $365.5M | +28% |
| Q4 2024 | $341.1M | +24% |
PENG's revenue is growing: $567M last quarter, up 68% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 12% | +8.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +7.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.5% | +2.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5.7% | +0.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.7% | +0.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3% | -0.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.1% | +6.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 5.1% | +4.6 points |
PENG's operating margin was 12% last quarter, up 8.6 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
PENG Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$167.4M | -$94.1M |
| Q2 2026 | -$77.6M | -185% |
| Q1 2026 | $53.3M | -24% |
| Q4 2025 | $28.2M | +135% |
| Q3 2025 | -$73.4M | -$55.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $90.9M | +20% |
| Q1 2025 | $70.5M | +$97.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $12M | -55% |
PENG's free cash flow has turned negative after years in the green: −$163M over the past year.
PENG Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +16% | +9M shares |
| 1 year | +18% | +9.7M shares |
| 3 years | +15% | +8.5M shares |
| 5 years | +24% | +12.5M shares |
| Available history | +32% | +15.5M shares |
PENG has 64M diluted shares, up 18% from a year ago, despite $74M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.5M |
| Q2 2026 | $11.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $36.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $20.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.1M |
| Q2 2025 | $31.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $6.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $11.1M |
PENG spent $74M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 42% from the year before.
PENG Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 3.0x | Moderate |
PENG's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
PENG Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 49.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 21.3 | Neutral |
PENG's weekly RSI is 49 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 21 (neutral).
PENG PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | PENG | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 28x | 31% below |
| PE % | 2 | 35 | 33 pts below |
PENG is trading at 19x earnings, a 31% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
PENG Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $56.0 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $56.8 | 12% below |
| 50 week MA | $41.0 | 22% above |
| 100 week MA | $30.9 | 62% above |
| 200 week MA | $25.6 | 96% above |
PENG has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 96% above its 200-week average.
PENG Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $19.1 | $17.7 | -7.3% |
| 2021 | $17.7 | $33.4 | +89% |
| 2022 | $33.4 | $15.3 | -54% |
| 2023 | $15.3 | $18.9 | +24% |
| 2024 | $18.9 | $19.4 | +2.3% |
| 2025 | $19.4 | $20.3 | +4.7% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.3 | $50.1 | +147% |
PENG has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 147% so far in 2026.