VMware Company Profile (NYSE:VMW)

About VMware

VMware, Inc. is a provider of virtualization infrastructure solutions and cloud infrastructure solutions. The Company develops and markets its product and service offerings within three product groups, which include software-defined data center (SDDC), hybrid cloud computing and end-user computing (EUC). Its compute virtualization includes offerings that allow organizations to manage Information technology (IT) resources across private clouds and complex multi-cloud, and multi-device environments. Its SDDC is designed to transform the data center into an on-demand service. Its cloud strategy has three components, which include continue to expand beyond compute virtualization in the private cloud, extend the private cloud into the public cloud, and connect and secure endpoints across a range of public clouds. Its End-User Computing portfolio enables IT organizations to deliver secure access to applications, data and devices for their end users.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Computer and Technology
Industry: Technical & System Software
Sub-Industry: Systems Software
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: VMW
CUSIP: 92856340

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $73.44
50 Day Moving Average: $72.95
200 Day Moving Average: $62.42
52-Week Range: $43.25 - $82.35
Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.58
Foreward P/E Ratio: 16.07
P/E Growth: 1.29
Market Cap: $31.16B
Outstanding Shares: 424,408,000
Beta: 1.3

Profitability:

Net Margins: 15.47%
Return on Equity: 15.66%
Return on Assets: 8.06%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17%
Current Ratio: 2.46%
Quick Ratio: 2.46%

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Consensus Ratings for VMware (NYSE:VMW) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating, 27 Hold Ratings, 13 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.29)
Consensus Price Target:	$77.30 (5.02% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for VMware (NYSE:VMW)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/26/2016	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$86.00
9/13/2016	Barclays PLC	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$82.00
9/12/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
9/12/2016	RBC Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$88.00
9/12/2016	Jefferies Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$84.00 -> $89.00
9/9/2016	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/8/2016	Cleveland Research	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy
9/8/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$90.00
9/8/2016	Needham & Company LLC	Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/7/2016	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral	$81.00
9/5/2016	Pacific Crest	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform
9/1/2016	Drexel Hamilton	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$85.00
9/1/2016	Mizuho	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$61.00 -> $66.00
8/30/2016	SunTrust Banks Inc.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$64.00 -> $92.00
7/26/2016	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$67.00
7/26/2016	Citigroup Inc.	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral	$99.00 -> $79.00
7/20/2016	Nomura	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$60.00
7/20/2016	Cowen and Company	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
7/19/2016	MKM Partners	Boost Price Target	Buy	$70.00 -> $80.00
7/19/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Boost Price Target	Hold	$55.00 -> $65.00
7/19/2016	Maxim Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$68.00 -> $73.00
7/19/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$55.00 -> $70.00
7/11/2016	Summit Research	Initiated Coverage	Hold
7/11/2016	Summit Redstone	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$60.00
6/16/2016	Credit Agricole SA	Downgrade	Outperform -> Underperform	$56.00
4/20/2016	FBN Securities	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$60.00 -> $70.00
4/18/2016	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold
3/28/2016	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$98.00 -> $109.00
2/16/2016	Piper Jaffray Cos.	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$65.00 -> $55.00
1/28/2016	Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
1/27/2016	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
1/27/2016	Susquehanna	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$69.00 -> $52.00
1/27/2016	FBR & Co	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$73.00 -> $59.00
12/14/2015	Gabelli	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$84.00
10/21/2015	Macquarie	Downgrade	Neutral	$70.00
10/21/2015	Bank of America Corp.	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral	$106.00 -> $69.00
10/21/2015	Atlantic Securities	Downgrade	Overweight -> Neutral
10/21/2015	Sterne Agee CRT	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral	$88.00 -> $75.00
10/21/2015	Monness Crespi & Hardt	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral
10/13/2015	JMP Securities	Downgrade	Outperform -> Market Perform
10/9/2015	Credit Suisse Group AG	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$130.00
7/23/2015	Cantor Fitzgerald	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$82.00
1/12/2015	OTR Global	Upgrade	Positive

(Data available from 9/27/2014 forward)

Earnings History for VMware (NYSE:VMW)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/18/2016
7/18/2016	Q216	$0.95	$0.97	$1.68 billion	$1.69 billion	View	Listen
4/19/2016	Q116	$0.84	$0.86	$1.58 billion	$1.59 billion	View	Listen
1/26/2016	Q4	$1.25	$1.26	$1.85 billion	$1.87 billion	View	Listen
10/20/2015	Q315	$1.00	$1.02	$1.66 billion	$1.68 billion	View	Listen
7/21/2015	Q215	$0.91	$0.93	$1.59 billion	$1.52 billion	View	Listen
4/21/2015	Q115	$0.84	$0.86		$1.51 billion	View	N/A
1/27/2015	Q414	$1.07	$1.08	$1.69 billion	$1.70 billion	View	N/A
10/21/2014	Q314	$0.83	$0.87	$1.50 billion	$1.52 billion	View	Listen
7/22/2014	Q214	$0.79	$0.81	$1.44 billion	$1.46 billion	View	Listen
4/22/2014	Q114	$0.79	$0.80	$1.35 billion	$1.36 billion	View	Listen
1/28/2014	Q413	$1.00	$1.01	$1.48 billion	$1.48 billion	View	Listen
10/21/2013	Q313	$0.82	$0.84	$1.29 billion	$1.29 billion	View	N/A
7/23/2013	Q2 2013	$0.77	$0.79	$1.23 billion	$1.24 billion	View	N/A
4/23/2013	Q1 2013	$0.70	$0.74	$1.18 billion	$1.19 billion	View	N/A
1/28/2013	Q4 2012	$0.78	$0.81	$1.28 billion	$1.29 billion	View	N/A
10/23/2012		$0.63	$0.70			View	N/A
7/23/2012		$0.67	$0.68			View	N/A
4/18/2012		$0.59	$0.66			View	N/A
1/23/2012		$0.60	$0.62			View	N/A
10/17/2011		$0.50	$0.53			View	N/A
7/19/2011		$0.47	$0.51			View	N/A
4/19/2011		$0.42	$0.48			View	N/A
1/24/2011		$0.44	$0.46			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for VMware (NYSE:VMW)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $4.29 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $4.58 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	1	$0.65	$0.65	$0.65
Q2 2016	3	$0.66	$0.71	$0.68
Q3 2016	3	$0.74	$0.81	$0.78
Q4 2016	3	$0.88	$1.05	$0.98
Q1 2017	3	$0.67	$0.68	$0.67
Q2 2017	3	$0.78	$0.79	$0.78
Q3 2017	3	$0.85	$0.96	$0.90
Q4 2017	3	$1.05	$1.09	$1.07

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for VMware (NYSE:VMW)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for VMware (NYSE:VMW)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.52%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 22.06%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
9/8/2016	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	977	$73.59	$71,897.43
8/30/2016	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	632	$76.40	$48,284.80
7/27/2016	P. Kevan Krysler	Insider	Sell	6,988	$72.40	$505,931.20
5/31/2016	Sanjay Poonen	EVP	Sell	5,500	$60.08	$330,440.00
5/17/2016	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	6,910	$59.45	$410,799.50
5/3/2016	Maurizio Carli	EVP	Sell	12,880	$56.01	$721,408.80
4/26/2016	Sanjay Poonen	EVP	Sell	13,000	$57.80	$751,400.00
6/3/2015	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	248	$89.95	$22,307.60
6/1/2015	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	661	$87.25	$57,672.25
5/22/2015	Paul Maritz	Director	Sell	271,757	$87.35	$23,737,973.95
5/20/2015	Paul Maritz	Director	Sell	169,304	$87.72	$14,851,346.88
5/19/2015	Paul Maritz	Director	Sell	84,652	$87.70	$7,423,980.40
5/11/2015	Carl M Eschenbach	COO	Sell	8,586	$89.29	$766,643.94
5/11/2015	Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram	EVP	Sell	3,125	$88.40	$276,250.00
3/9/2015	P. Kevan Krysler	CAO	Sell	3,211	$85.61	$274,893.71
2/25/2015	Jonathan Chadwick	CFO	Sell	23,260	$83.86	$1,950,583.60
2/18/2015	Sanjay Poonen	EVP	Sell	6,384	$84.87	$541,810.08
7/28/2014	Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram	EVP	Sell	15,857	$97.70	$1,549,228.90
6/4/2014	Carl M Eschenbach	COO	Sell	8,958	$96.53	$864,715.74
5/22/2014	S. Dawn Smith	VP	Sell	1,436	$96.52	$138,602.72
5/21/2014	Carl Eschenbach	COO	Sell	5,897	$95.05	$560,509.85
3/5/2014	Carl Eschenbach	COO	Sell	4,095	$102.68	$420,474.60
2/6/2014	Carl Eschenbach	COO	Sell	6,001	$90.27	$541,710.27
11/13/2013	Paul Maritz	Director	Sell	167,555	$80.73	$13,526,715.15
9/6/2013	Carl M Eschenbach	COO	Sell	4,296	$85.44	$367,050.24
5/17/2013	Carl M Eschenbach	COO	Sell	19,619	$78.76	$1,545,192.44
5/1/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	70,765	$70.63	$4,998,131.95
4/30/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	209,883	$71.45	$14,996,140.35
4/26/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	208,970	$71.76	$14,995,687.20
2/28/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	55,000	$72.62	$3,994,100.00
2/26/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	69,700	$71.71	$4,998,187.00
2/22/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	84,200	$71.56	$6,025,352.00
2/11/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	64,300	$77.59	$4,989,037.00
2/8/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	253,412	$78.76	$19,958,729.12
2/6/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	413,101	$78.44	$32,403,642.44
2/1/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	289,500	$77.70	$22,494,150.00
1/30/2013	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	256,010	$78.06	$19,984,140.60
12/31/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	69,730	$93.26	$6,503,019.80
12/27/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	67,571	$94.71	$6,399,649.41
12/24/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	67,134	$95.31	$6,398,541.54
12/20/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	33,390	$96.24	$3,213,453.60
12/19/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	66,500	$96.58	$6,422,570.00
12/17/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	68,975	$93.02	$6,416,054.50
12/13/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	69,660	$92.22	$6,424,045.20
12/11/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	95,300	$93.21	$8,882,913.00
12/7/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	127,725	$91.57	$11,695,778.25
12/5/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	132,830	$90.60	$12,034,398.00
12/3/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	98,595	$91.25	$8,996,793.75
11/27/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	74,010	$89.79	$6,645,357.90
11/20/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	34,880	$85.98	$2,998,982.40
11/16/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	130,025	$84.55	$10,993,613.75
11/14/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	92,840	$86.13	$7,996,309.20
11/12/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	68,294	$87.82	$5,997,579.08
11/8/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	37,925	$89.44	$3,392,012.00
11/5/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	56,271	$88.82	$4,997,990.22
11/1/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	58,300	$85.71	$4,996,893.00
10/26/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	44,325	$84.97	$3,766,295.25
10/24/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	154,476	$83.31	$12,869,395.56
10/22/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	238,905	$83.69	$19,993,959.45
9/5/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	45,312	$88.24	$3,998,330.88
8/31/2012	Corp Emc	Major Shareholder	Buy	44,993	$88.88	$3,998,977.84

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

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