VMware Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 8 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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VMware is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 26th 2021.
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 26th. The virtualization software provider reported $1.76 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.76. The virtualization software provider had revenue of $2.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.95 billion. VMware had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.89% and a net margin of 17.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.52 earnings per share.
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VMware's stock was trading at $106.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VMW stock has increased by 51.5% and is now trading at $160.57.
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VMware issued an update on its first quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.760-1.760 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.99 billion-2.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.91 billion.

18 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for VMware's shares. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate VMware's share price to reach $174.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price.
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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.

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

VMware's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (1.94%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.00%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.65%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.54%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.39%) and FIL Ltd (0.28%). Company insiders that own VMware stock include Amy Fliegelman Olli, Andrew M Cohen, Cynthia Gaylor, Jean Pierre Brulard, Maurizio Carli, Onsi Fakhouri, P Kevan Krysler, Patrick P Gelsinger, Rajiv Ramaswami, Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram, Robert C Mee, Sanjay Poonen, Scott Yara, William Cook and Zane Rowe.
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VMW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, KBC Group NV, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Primecap Management Co. CA, Nordea Investment Management AB, Ameriprise Financial Inc., and Alpha Paradigm Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold VMware company stock in the last year include Amy Fliegelman Olli, Jean Pierre Brulard, Patrick P Gelsinger, Rajiv Ramaswami, Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram, Sanjay Poonen, and Zane Rowe.
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VMW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Viking Global Investors LP, Clearbridge Investments LLC, and Geode Capital Management LLC.
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One share of VMW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.57.

VMware has a market capitalization of $67.32 billion and generates $11.77 billion in revenue each year. The virtualization software provider earns $2.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 on an earnings per share basis.

VMware employs 34,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of VMware: 3401 Hillview LLC, A.W.S. Holding LLC, AirWatch LLC, Akimbi Systems, Apteligent, Arkin, Arkinnet Software Private Limited, Avi Networks, B-hive Networks, Bitnami, Blue Lane Technologies, Boxer, Carbon Black, CloudCoreo, CloudHealth Technologies, CloudVelox, CloudVolumes, Desktone, Determina, Digital Fuel, DynamicOps, E8 Security, Heptio, Immidio, Integrien, Lastline, Nicira Inc., Nicira Networks, Nyansa, Octarine, PLUMgrid, PacketMotion Inc, Pivotal, SaltStack, Shavlik Technologies, SlideRocket, Socialcast, Spring, Taiwan VMware Information Technology LLC, Thinstall inc, TriCipher, VMware (Thailand) Co. Ltd., VMware AirWatch, VMware Australia Pty Ltd, VMware Belgium, VMware Bulgaria EOOD, VMware Canada Inc., 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 Limited, VMware International Marketing Limited, VMware Israel Ltd., VMware Italy S.r.l., VMware K.K., VMware Korea Co. Ltd., VMware Malaysia SDN. BHD., VMware Marketing Austria GmbH, VMware Middle East FZ-LLC, VMware NZ Company, VMware Netherlands B.V., VMware SD-WAN, VMware Saudi Limited, VMware Singapore Pte. Ltd., VMware Software India Private Limited, VMware Software e Serviços Brasil Ltda., VMware Spain S.L., VMware Sweden AB, VMware Switzerland GmbH, VMware Turkey Software Solutions and Services Company Limited, VMware UK Limited, VeloCloud Networks Private Limited, Velocloud Networks LLC, Virsto Software, Wanova, Wanova Technologies Ltd., WaveMaker, Wavefront, and Wavefront LLC.

VMware was founded in 1998.

The official website for VMware is www.vmware.com.

VMware is headquartered at 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA, 94304.

VMware's mailing address is 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA, 94304. The virtualization software provider can be reached via phone at 650-427-5000 or via email at [email protected]