Corero Network Security (CNS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Corero Network Security plc is a global leader in real-time, high-performance, automatic DDoS cyber defense solutions. Both Service and Hosting providers, alongside digital enterprises across the globe rely on Corero's award winning cybersecurity technology to eliminate the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) to their digital environment through automatic attack detection and mitigation, coupled with network visibility, analytics and reporting. Corero's industry leading SmartWall and SecureWatch technology provides scalable protection capabilities against external DDoS attackers and internal DDoS botnets in the most complex edge and subscriber environments, while enabling a more cost-effective economic model than previously available. Corero's key operational centers located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA and Edinburgh, UK, with the Company's headquarters in Amersham, UK. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under the ticker CNS. For more information, visit www.corero.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 10 to 12
• 50-Day Range: 7 to 11.75
• 52-Week Range: 6.50 to 13.50
• Volume: 1.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 416,649 shs
• Market Capitalization: £60.18 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 8.42%
• Price Target: GBX 21
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Corero Network Security Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Corero Network Security scored higher than 53% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Corero Network Security has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Corero Network Security has a consensus price target of GBX 21, representing about 78.7% upside from its current price of GBX 11.75.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Corero Network Security has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Corero Network Security is -117.50, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Corero Network Security is -117.50, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Corero Network Security has a P/B Ratio of 3.46. 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 CNS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Corero Network Security is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.42%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Corero Network Security does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.73

News Sentiment

Corero Network Security has a news sentiment score of 0.73. 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 0.84 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Corero Network Security this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CNS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Corero Network Security insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

39.68% of the stock of Corero Network Security is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

10.62% of the stock of Corero Network Security is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CNS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.corero.com
• Phone: +44-1895-876579
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 390
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Corero Network Security: GBX 21
• High Price Target: GBX 21
• Low Price Target: GBX 21
• Potential Upside/Downside: +78.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (0.10)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 47.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £1.01 million
• Net Margins: 10.40%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 16.07%
• Return on Assets: 1.78%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.94
• Current Ratio: 1.27
• Quick Ratio: 1.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £30.11 million
• Price / Sales: 2.00
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.83
• Book Value: GBX 3.40 per share
• Price / Book: 3.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 512,165,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £60.18 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.46