NYSE:VMW

VMware Stock Forecast, Price & News

$114.06

+0.08 (+0.07%)

(As of 07/1/2022 03:59 PM ET)

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50-Day Range: $93.63
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$167.83

Volume: 21,651 shs
Average Volume: 1.74 million shs
Market Capitalization: $48.07 billion

P/E Ratio: 29.47
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $139.91

VMware MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.48 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 22.7% Upside
$139.91 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
4.69% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -0.85
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.21
Based on 11 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$5.41 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.67%
From $4.56 to $5.32 Per Share

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MarketRank is calculated as 30% analysis score, 20% valuation score, 10% short interest score, 10% dividend score, 10% sustainability score, 10% news and social score, and 10% insider trading score.

2.21 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

227th out of 936 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

62nd out of 302 stocks

2.2 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
VMware has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.48, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $139.91, VMware has a forecasted upside of 22.7% from its current price of $114.06.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
VMware has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

3.0 Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
4.69% of the float of VMware has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
VMware has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in VMware has recently increased by 56.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

0.0 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
VMware does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
VMware does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

2.2 Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
VMware has received a 29.82% net impact score from Upright. VMware seems to create the most significant positive value in categories "Taxes", "Knowledge infrastructure", and "Jobs". The positive contribution in the "Knowledge infrastructure" impact category is mostly driven by its "Firewall software", "Virtual servers", and "Cloud management tools" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for VMware is -0.85.

1.8 News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
VMware has a news sentiment score of 0.21. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for VMware this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 10 people have searched for VMW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -69% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 19 people have added VMware to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -63% compared to the previous 30 days.

3.3 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, VMware insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,413,470.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
40.30% of the stock of VMware is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.
Percentage Held by Institutions
47.04% of the stock of VMware is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

3.1 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for VMware are expected to grow by 16.67% in the coming year, from $4.56 to $5.32 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of VMware is 29.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 75.44.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of VMware is 29.47, 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 130.21.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
VMware has a PEG Ratio of 1.47. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

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About VMware (NYSE:VMW) Stock

VMware, Inc. provides software solutions in the areas of modern applications, cloud management and infrastructure, networking, security, and digital workspaces in the United States and internationally. It offers VMware multi-cloud solutions, including VMware vSphere, a data center infrastructure that provides the fundamental compute layer; vSAN and VxRail, which offers holistic data storage and protection options to applications running on vSphere; and vRealize Cloud Management solutions that manages hybrid and multi-cloud environments running in virtual machines and containers, as well as VMware Cloud Foundation, a cloud platform that combines its vSphere, vSAN, and NSX with vRealize Cloud Management into an integrated stack and delivers enterprise-ready cloud infrastructure for private and public clouds. The company also provides networking solutions, such as VMware NSX, NSX Distributed and Gateway Firewalls, NSX Network Detection and Response Engine, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, Tanzu Service Mesh, and VMware SASE; security solutions consisting of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, Workload, and Container; and digital workspace solutions comprising Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management, Access, Intelligent Hub, and Horizon. In addition, it offers application modernization solutions, such as Tanzu Application and Operations Platform, Tanzu Application Service Platform, Tanzu Observability, Tanzu Community Edition, and Tanzu Labs; and cloud management solutions, including vRealize Cloud Management, vCloud Suite, and CloudHealth by VMware Suite. The company sells its products through distributors, resellers, system vendors, and systems integrators. VMware, Inc. has a strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services to build and deliver an integrated hybrid solution. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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June 30, 2022 | businesswire.com

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June 29, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware (VMW) Launches vSphere+ & vSAN+, Boosts Cloud Portfolio

June 29, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

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June 28, 2022 | businesswire.com

VMware Named 2022 HPE Global Technology Partner of the Year - Business Wire

June 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Unveils vSphere+ and vSAN+ to Simplify Operations with Centralized Infrastructure Management, Increase Developer Velocity with Integrated Kubernetes, and Extend On-Premises with Hybrid Cloud Services

June 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Named 2022 HPE Global Technology Partner of the Year

June 27, 2022 | businesswire.com

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June 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Introducing VMware's Global Head of DEI Vijay Pendakur - Yahoo Finance

June 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Introducing VMware's Global Head of DEI Vijay Pendakur

June 23, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Broadcom’s $69bn VMware deal set for lengthy EU antitrust investigation

June 23, 2022 | globenewswire.com

Rackspace Technology Selected as Strategic Deployment Partner for Next Phase of VMware Secure Access Service Edge Platform - GlobeNewswire

June 23, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

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June 16, 2022 | businesswire.com

VMware Named a Leader in Three Unified Endpoint Management IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessments - Business Wire

June 16, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Named a Leader in Three Unified Endpoint Management IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessments

June 15, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Centrica Modernizes Applications with VMware Tanzu® Observability™ by Wavefront and AWS

June 14, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Wins 2021 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year - Infrastructure Modernization Award

June 10, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability - Yahoo Finance

June 10, 2022 | streetinsider.com

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June 10, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

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Jean Pierre Brulard Sells 12,532 Shares of VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) Stock

June 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Prepackaged software
Sub-Industry: Systems Software
Sector: Computer and Technology
Current Symbol: NYSE:VMW
CUSIP: 92856340
CIK: 1124610
Web: www.vmware.com
Phone: (650) 427-5000
Fax: 650-427-5001
Employees: 37,500
Year Founded: 1998

Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 5/26/2022
Today: 7/05/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/25/2022
Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2023

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $139.91
High Stock Price Forecast: $170.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $105.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +22.7%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Rating Score (0-4): 2.47619047619048
Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.87
Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.47
Forward P/E Ratio: 25.01
P/E Growth: 1.47
Net Income: $1.82 billion
Net Margins: 12.65%
Pretax Margin: 14.89%
Return on Equity: 41.24%
Return on Assets: 6.31%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.90
Current Ratio: 0.75
Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $12.85 billion
Price / Sales: 3.74
Cash Flow: $7.38 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 15.46
Book Value: ($2.09) per share
Price / Book: -54.57

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 421,450,000
Free Float: 251,603,000
Market Cap: $48.07 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 0.70

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VMware Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell VMware stock right now?: 21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" VMware stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VMW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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What is VMware's stock price forecast for 2022?: 21 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for VMware's shares. Their VMW stock forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect VMware's stock price to reach $139.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price.
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How has VMware's stock performed in 2022?: VMware's stock was trading at $115.88 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, VMW shares have decreased by 1.6% and is now trading at $114.06.
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Are investors shorting VMware?: VMware saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,620,000 shares, an increase of 56.0% from the May 31st total of 2,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 4.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
View VMware's Short Interest.
When is VMware's next earnings date?: VMware is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 25th 2022.
View our earnings forecast for VMware.
How were VMware's earnings last quarter?: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 26th. The virtualization software provider reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.28. The virtualization software provider had revenue of $3.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.19 billion. VMware had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.24% and a net margin of 12.65%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.24 EPS.
View VMware's earnings history.
How often does VMware pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for VMware?: VMware announced a dividend on Wednesday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 29th will be paid a dividend of $27.40 per share on Monday, November 1st. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 2nd. This is a boost from VMware's previous dividend of $26.81.
View VMware's dividend history.
Who are VMware's key executives?: VMware's management team includes the following people:
Mr. Rangarajan Raghuram, CEO & Director (Age 59, Pay $2.1M)
Mr. Sumit Dhawan, Pres (Age 47, Pay $1.62M) (LinkedIn Profile)
Mr. Zane C. Rowe, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 51, Pay $2.55M)
Ms. Amy Fliegelman Olli, Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 58, Pay $1.27M) (LinkedIn Profile)
Mr. Jean-Pierre Brulard, Exec. VP of Worldwide Sales (Age 63, Pay $1.7M) (LinkedIn Profile)
Dr. Scott Devine, Co-Founder & Principal Engineer
Ms. Pebbie Verdecanna, VP of Revenue & Interim Principal Accounting Officer (Age 50)
Mr. Kit Colbert, Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Jason Conyard, Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer
Mr. Paul Ziots, VP of Investor Relations

What is Pat Gelsinger's approval rating as VMware's CEO?: 2,988 employees have rated VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger on Glassdoor.com. Pat Gelsinger has an approval rating of 94% among VMware's employees. This puts Pat Gelsinger in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.
Who are some of VMware's key competitors?: Some companies that are related to VMware include Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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What other stocks do shareholders of VMware own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other VMware investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Salesforce (CRM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), PayPal (PYPL), Adobe (ADBE) and Micron Technology (MU).
What is VMware's stock symbol?: VMware trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VMW."
How do I buy shares of VMware?: Shares of VMW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is VMware's stock price today?: One share of VMW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $114.06.
How much money does VMware make?: VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $48.07 billion and generates $12.85 billion in revenue each year. The virtualization software provider earns $1.82 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.87 on an earnings per share basis.
How many employees does VMware have?: VMware employs 37,500 workers across the globe.
Does VMware have any subsidiaries?: The following companies are subsidiares of VMware: 3401 Hillview LLC, A.W.S. Holding LLC, AetherPal, AetherPal LLC, AirWatch, AirWatch LLC, Akimbi Systems, Apteligent, Arkin, Avi Networks, Avi Networks Germany GmbH, Avi Networks India Private Limited, Avi Networks International Inc., Avi Networks LLC, B-hive Networks, BitRock LLC, Bitfusion.io, Bitnami, Blue Lane Technologies, Boxer, Bracket Computing, Carbon Black, Carbon Black LLC, CloudCoreo, CloudHealth Technologies, CloudHealth Technologies LLC, CloudVelox, CloudVolumes, Datrium, Datrium Holdings Inc., Datrium India Software Private Ltd., Datrium LLC, Desktone, Determina, Digital Fuel, Dunes Technologies, DynamicOps, E8 Security, Emic Networks, GoPivotal Singapore Pte. Limited, Heptio, Immidio, Integrien, Intrinsic, Lastline, Lastline LLC, Mesh7, Nicira Inc., Nicira Networks, Nyansa, Octarine, PLUMgrid, PT VMware Software Indonesia, PacketMotion Inc, Pivotal, Pivotal Labs Sydney Pty Ltd, Pivotal Software Australia Pty Limited, Pivotal Software Inc., Pivotal Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd., SaltStack, Shavlik Technologies, SlideRocket, Socialcast, Spring, Taiwan VMware Information Technology LLC, Thinstall inc, TriCipher, Uhana, V M WARE EGYPT, VMWARE PHILIPPINES INC., VMware (Thailand) Co. Ltd., VMware AirWatch, VMware Alpha LLC, VMware Argentina S.R.L., VMware Australia Pty Ltd, VMware Belgium, VMware Bermuda Unlimited, VMware Bulgaria EOOD, VMware Canada ULC, VMware Chile SpA, VMware Colombia SAS, VMware Costa Rica Ltda., VMware Denmark ApS, VMware Eastern Europe, VMware France SAS, VMware Global Inc., VMware Hong Kong Limited, VMware Information Technology (China) Co. Ltd, VMware International Marketing Limited, VMware International Spain S.L., VMware International Unlimited Company, VMware Israel Ltd., VMware Italy S.r.l., VMware K.K., VMware Korea Co. Ltd., VMware Malaysia SDN. BHD., VMware Marketing Austria GmbH, VMware Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., VMware Middle East FZ-LLC, VMware NZ Company, VMware Netherlands B.V., VMware Norway AS, VMware Pembroke Heights Designated Activity Company, VMware Poland sp. Z.o.o., VMware QFC LLC, VMware Rus LLC, VMware SASE, VMware Saudi Limited, VMware Singapore Pte. Ltd., VMware Software India Private Limited, VMware Software e Serviços Brasil Ltda., VMware South Africa (Pty) Ltd, VMware Spain S.L., VMware Sweden AB, VMware Switzerland GmbH, VMware Tanzu Observability, VMware Technology Holdings Limited, VMware Turkey Software Solutions and Services Company Limited, VMware UK Limited, VMware Vietnam Limited Liability Company, VeloCloud, VeloCloud Networks Private Limited, Velocloud Networks LLC, Veriflow, Virsto Software, Wanova, WaveMaker, and Wavefront.
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When was VMware founded?: VMware was founded in 1998.
How can I contact VMware?: VMware's mailing address is 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA, 94304. The official website for VMware is www.vmware.com. The virtualization software provider can be reached via phone at (650) 427-5000, via email at ir@vmware.com, or via fax at 650-427-5001.

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VMware Stock Forecast, Price & News

VMware MarketRank™ Forecast

Overall MarketRank™

2.2 Analyst's Opinion

3.0 Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Change versus previous month

0.0 Dividend Strength

2.2 Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score

Environmental Sustainability

1.8 News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment

News Coverage This Week

Search Interest

MarketBeat Follows

3.3 Company Ownership

3.1 Earnings and Valuation

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About VMware (NYSE:VMW) Stock

VMW Stock News Headlines

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Company Calendar

Price Target and Rating

Profitability

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Miscellaneous

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VMware Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell VMware stock right now?

What is VMware's stock price forecast for 2022?

How has VMware's stock performed in 2022?

Are investors shorting VMware?

When is VMware's next earnings date?

How were VMware's earnings last quarter?

How often does VMware pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for VMware?

Who are VMware's key executives?

What is Pat Gelsinger's approval rating as VMware's CEO?

Who are some of VMware's key competitors?

What other stocks do shareholders of VMware own?

What is VMware's stock symbol?

How do I buy shares of VMware?

What is VMware's stock price today?

How much money does VMware make?

How many employees does VMware have?

Does VMware have any subsidiaries?

When was VMware founded?

How can I contact VMware?

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