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 65.5% and is now trading at $199.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

35 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 29 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 21st. The software company reported ($0.56) earnings per share 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 return on equity of 17.40% and a negative net margin of 20.56%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.02 EPS. 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.

35 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Splunk's stock. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $254.00. On average, they expect Splunk's stock price to reach $193.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. View analysts' price targets for Splunk.

Press coverage about SPLK stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Splunk earned a daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the software company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.12%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Brasada Capital Management LP, Lake Street Financial LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Fulton Bank N. A., Exane Derivatives, and Wesbanco Bank Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Splunk company stock in the last year include Douglas Merritt, Graham Smith, Jason Child, Ledger Susan St, Scott Morgan, Timothy Emanuelson, and Timothy Tully. View insider buying and selling activity for Splunk.

SPLK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Investment House LLC, Aries Wealth Management, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Diversified Trust Co, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, and 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 $199.78.

Splunk has a market capitalization of $31.74 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]