LON:AVSTAvast Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Avast PLC Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 385.20 -4.40 (-1.13 %) (As of 04/3/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 380.20Now: GBX 385.20▼ 40150-Day Range 270.60MA: GBX 382.50▼ 454.8052-Week Range 263.60Now: GBX 385.20▼ 552Volume1.91 million shsAverage VolumeN/AMarket Capitalization£3.90 billionP/E Ratio16.05Dividend Yield4.04%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendInsider TradesHeadlines Avast Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides digital security products under the Avast, AVG, and CCleaner brands worldwide. It operates through two segments, Consumer and Small and Medium Business (SMB). The company offers desktop security and mobile device protection products; value-added solutions for performance, privacy, and other tools; dynamic secure search solution, including browser toolbar; and big data and marketing analytics solutions, as well as security solutions designed for small businesses. It also provides managed security platforms comprises management console, a cloud-based console that allows a user to deploy antivirus protection to multiple devices and manage all devices from one place; CloudCare, a SaaS security platform that remotely delivers layered endpoint and network security services to multiple devices and sites; and Managed Workplace RMM products. In addition, the company offers business security services, such as managed antivirus, secure Web gateway, backup and disaster recovery, email security, content filtering, and NOC and help desk services. Further, it owns and operates FileHippo, a download Website that offers computer software. The company primarily sells software licenses through e-commerce services providers, and retailers and resellers. Avast Plc was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Prague, the Czech Republic.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAvast has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on 7 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 469.89, Avast has a potential upside of 22.0% from its current price of GBX 385.20.Amount of Analyst CoverageAvast has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 3.5 Community Rank Outperform VotesAvast has received 89 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAvast has received 39 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAvast has received 69.53% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Avast and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe AVST will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe AVST will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAvast is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.04%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAvast does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Avast is 0.67 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Avast insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Avast are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 30 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Avast is 16.05, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 11.16.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Avast is 16.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 29.79.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAvast has a P/B Ratio of 3.48. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 3.5Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.98 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Software - Application Sub-IndustryN/A SectorComputer and Technology Current SymbolLON:AVST Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webhttp://www.avast.com/ Phone420 2 4700 5666Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio97.35 Current Ratio0.65 Quick Ratio0.57Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio16.05 Forward P/E Ratio12.84 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£871.10 million Price / Sales4.47 Cash FlowGBX 22.78 per share Price / Cash Flow16.91 Book ValueGBX 110.80 per share Price / Book3.48Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees1,581 Outstanding Shares1,011,539,968Market Cap£3.90 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable Receive AVST News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. LSE:AVST Rates by TradingView Avast (LON:AVST) Frequently Asked Questions How has Avast's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Avast's stock was trading at GBX 344.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AVST stock has increased by 11.8% and is now trading at GBX 385.20. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Avast? 9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avast in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Avast. How often does Avast pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Avast? Avast declared a dividend on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of GBX 0.10 per share on Wednesday, June 24th. This represents a yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This is an increase from Avast's previous dividend of $0.04. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Avast's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for AVST? 9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Avast's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 322 to GBX 557. On average, they expect Avast's share price to reach GBX 469.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Avast. Has Avast been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about AVST stock have trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avast earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAvast. Who are some of Avast's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Avast include Open Text (OTEX), The Sage Group (SGE), AVEVA Group (AVV), Nemetschek (NEM), Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Elastic (ESTC), Altium (ALU), Sophos Group (SOPH), Kinaxis (KXS), Technology One (TNE), Rocket Internet (RKET), Appen (APX), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Lightspeed POS (LSPD) and RIB Software (RIB). What other stocks do shareholders of Avast own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avast investors own include PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), British American Tobacco Plc Ads (BATS), Character Group (CCT), Diageo (DGE), FDM Group (FDM), International Consolidated Airlns Grp (IAG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NCC Group (NCC), Photo-Me International (PHTM) and Polymetal International (POLY). Who are Avast's key executives? Avast's management team includes the following people: Mr. Vincent Steckler, CEO & Director (Age 61)Mr. Pavel Baudis, Co Founder & DirectorDr. Eduard Kucera, Co Founder & DirectorMr. Philip Marshall, CFO & Director (Age 49)Peter Russell, Director of Investor Relations What is Avast's stock symbol? Avast trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "AVST." How do I buy shares of Avast? Shares of AVST and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Avast's stock price today? One share of AVST stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 385.20. How big of a company is Avast? Avast has a market capitalization of £3.90 billion and generates £871.10 million in revenue each year. Avast employs 1,581 workers across the globe. View additional information about Avast. What is Avast's official website? The official website for Avast is http://www.avast.com/. How can I contact Avast? The company can be reached via phone at 420 2 4700 5666. This page was last updated on 4/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What is a Fibonacci Channel?
