Cerillion (CER) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Established in 1999, Cerillion provides mission-critical software for billing, charging and customer relationship management mainly for telecommunications providers, but also for other sectors, including energy and utilities. Cerillion provides customers with a fully-integrated, functionally-rich product suite that provides a complete end-to-end solution. It offers customers a range of pre-integrated modules, which may be taken selectively for particular functions or together for a complete solution. Cerillion’s ‘out-of-the-box’ software stands in contrast to traditional solutions, which are typically bespoke, require highly complex implementations over several years and have a higher total cost of ownership. Leading independent industry analysts have recognised Cerillion’s software as being innovative and included the Company in authoritative reports that provide independent guidance on available products. Cerillion management believes that the Company’s inclusion in such reports highlights the breadth, completeness and quality of its product suite. Cerillion operates globally and has c.80 customers across c. 45 countries. It is headquartered in London, with offices in India, Bulgaria, Singapore and Australia. Cerillion joined AIM in 2016 and has since established a very strong record of revenue and profit growth.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 890 to 920
• 50-Day Range: 660 to 1,000
• 52-Week Range: 650 to 1,770
• Volume: 171,182 shs
• Average Volume: 141,521 shs
• Market Capitalization: £267.36 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.77%
• Price Target: GBX 1,671
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Cerillion Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cerillion scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Cerillion has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cerillion has a consensus price target of GBX 1,671, representing about 84.6% upside from its current price of GBX 905.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cerillion has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cerillion is 19.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cerillion is 19.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.57.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cerillion has a P/B Ratio of 5.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CER.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Cerillion pays a meaningful dividend of 1.77%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cerillion does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cerillion is 33.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Cerillion has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Cerillion this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £138,000 in company stock, which represents 0.0516% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cerillion insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £138,000 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

21.27% of the stock of Cerillion is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

18.44% of the stock of Cerillion is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: LON:CER
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.cerillion.com
• Phone: +44-20-79276000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 321
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cerillion: GBX 1,671
• High Price Target: GBX 2,020
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,200
• Potential Upside/Downside: +84.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 46.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £14.14 million
• Net Margins: 32.24%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 22.77%
• Return on Assets: 19.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 6.60
• Current Ratio: 4.83
• Quick Ratio: 2.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £42.46 million
• Price / Sales: 6.30
• Cash Flow: GBX 51.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.49
• Book Value: GBX 164.36 per share
• Price / Book: 5.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 29,542,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £267.36 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.49