VMware - VMW Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last twelve months. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" VMW shares. 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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21 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for VMware's stock. Their VMW share price forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $139.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.4% from the stock's current price.
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VMware's stock was trading at $115.88 at the start of the year. Since then, VMW stock has decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $106.46.
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VMware saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,800,000 shares, an increase of 22.2% from the August 15th total of 3,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 22nd 2022.
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 25th. The virtualization software provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.07. The virtualization software provider earned $3.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.30 billion. VMware had a net margin of 11.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 80.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.18 EPS.

VMware declared a dividend on Wednesday, October 27th. Shareholders 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 positive change from the stock's previous dividend of $26.81.
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2,988 employees have rated VMware Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger on Glassdoor.com. Pat Gelsinger has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Pat Gelsinger in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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VMware trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VMW."

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One share of VMW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $106.46.

VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $45.03 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 $3.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 37,500 workers across the globe.

VMware's mailing address is 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA, 94304. The official website for the company 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.