NASDAQ:SPLKSplunk Stock Price, Forecast & News

Splunk's stock was trading at $120.74 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SPLK shares have increased by 65.6% and is now trading at $199.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Splunk in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Splunk.

Splunk is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Splunk.

Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 21st. The software company reported ($0.56) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.57) by $0.01. The software company earned $434.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $443.60 million. Splunk had a negative net margin of 20.56% and a negative return on equity of 17.40%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.02 earnings per share. View Splunk's earnings history.

Splunk updated its second quarter 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $520-520 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $550.57 million.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Splunk's stock. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $254.00. On average, they expect Splunk's stock price to reach $185.38 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.3%. View analysts' price targets for Splunk.

Media coverage about SPLK stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Splunk earned a news impact score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the software company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Splunk.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Splunk investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), salesforce.com (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), Paypal (PYPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Square (SQ) and Twilio (TWLO).

Splunk trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPLK."

Splunk's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Splunk stock include David F Conte, Douglas Merritt, Godfrey Sullivan, Graham Smith, Jason Child, John G Connors, Ledger Susan St, Leonard R Stein, Mark T Carges, Patricia Morrison, Scott Morgan, Timothy Emanuelson and Timothy Tully. View institutional ownership trends for Splunk.

SPLK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Splunk.

Shares of SPLK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SPLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $199.91.

Splunk has a market capitalization of $31.76 billion and generates $2.36 billion in revenue each year. The software company earns $-336,670,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.44) on an earnings per share basis. Splunk employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Splunk is www.splunk.com.

Splunk's mailing address is 270 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94107. The software company can be reached via phone at 415-848-8400 or via email at [email protected]