Which of These 3 Software Stocks Is Most Likely to Be Acquired in 2026?

Public SaaS valuations have compressed over two years while private equity dry powder and strategic acquirer balance sheets remain robust, and that gap matters.

24/7 Wall Street • Jun 4, 2026

Mid‑Market Companies Lose an Average of 25% of Their AI Budget Before Seeing a Single Return, New Freshworks Research Finds

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH) today released The Global Cost of Complexity Report: The Mid-Market AI Complexity Trap , a survey of 12,021 IT professionals, including more than 9,000 in mid-market organizations. The research puts a dollar figure on how complexity is consuming mid-market AI budgets before real business outcomes are delivered, finding an average 25% of mid-market AI spend is lost to complexity overhead, an estimated $16.29 billion annually in the US alone.

GlobeNewsWire • May 27, 2026

Freshworks (FRSH) Upgraded to Strong Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?

Freshworks (FRSH) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

Zacks Investment Research • May 26, 2026

Freshworks: Customer Growth And Strong Retention

Freshworks turned in an impressive Q1 beat-and-raise, boosting its full-year growth expectations by 50bps. FRSH stock remains a deep value play in the software sector, trading at

Seeking Alpha • May 26, 2026

Wall Street Analysts Believe Freshworks (FRSH) Could Rally 30.18%: Here's is How to Trade

The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 30.2% in Freshworks (FRSH). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.

Zacks Investment Research • May 25, 2026

Freshworks Announces Winners of the 2026 Global Customer Awards

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freshworks  (NASDAQ: FRSH) today announced the winners of its inaugural 2026 Global Customer Awards, recognizing customers whose commitment to innovation, transformation, and advocacy is setting a new standard for what service transformation can achieve.

GlobeNewsWire • May 20, 2026

Freshworks Pivots to EX Growth, Raises 2028 Revenue Target Above $1.3B

Freshworks NASDAQ: FRSH told investors at its Refresh event that it is repositioning the company around its employee experience, or EX, business, with executives saying the company's growth story is increasingly tied to Freshservice rather than its legacy customer experience products.

MarketBeat • May 17, 2026

Freshworks Conference: AI Employee Experience Push Gains Steam as Freshservice Accelerates

Freshworks NASDAQ: FRSH Chief Financial Officer Tyler Sloat said the software company is sharpening its focus on its employee experience business, describing Freshworks as an “AI-enabled, unified service operations” platform company during a Needham-hosted discussion with Scott Berg, who leads SaaS and enterprise software research at the firm.

MarketBeat • May 17, 2026

Freshworks Unveils AI Agent Studio in Freshservice to Unlock Service Transformation that Drives Compounding Business Growth

With an AI-powered, unified service operations foundation and new agentic accelerators, IT and business teams can deploy AI their way and move as fast as their business demands With an AI-powered, unified service operations foundation and new agentic accelerators, IT and business teams can deploy AI their way and move as fast as their business demands

GlobeNewsWire • May 14, 2026

Why Freshworks (FRSH) Might be Well Poised for a Surge

Freshworks Inc. (FRSH) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.

Zacks Investment Research • May 13, 2026