NYSE:VMW

VMware - VMW Stock Forecast, Price & News

$106.46

-1.02 (-0.95%)

(As of 09/30/2022 09:02 PM ET)

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Volume: 1.03 million shs
Average Volume: 1.72 million shs
Market Capitalization: $45.04 billion

P/E Ratio: 28.62
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $139.91

VMware MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.43 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 31.4% Upside
$139.91 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
0.88% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -0.85
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.10
Based on 9 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$39,867 Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.20%
From $4.34 to $5.13 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.75 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

140th out of 652 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

31st out of 227 stocks

3.2

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
VMware has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 12 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 31.4% from its current price of $106.46.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
VMware has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

4.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
0.88% of the outstanding shares of VMware have been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
VMware has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in VMware has recently decreased by 1.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

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.

3.1

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.

1.2

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
VMware has a news sentiment score of 0.10. 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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for VMware this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 4 people have searched for VMW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -73% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 13 people have added VMware to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -32% 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 $39,867.00 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 18.20% in the coming year, from $4.34 to $5.13 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of VMware is 28.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 118.58.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of VMware is 28.62, 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 347.06.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
VMware has a PEG Ratio of 1.46. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
VMware has a P/B Ratio of 322.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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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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VMW Stock News Headlines

September 29, 2022 | msn.com

Covert malware targets VMware for hypervisor-level espionage

September 29, 2022 | businesswire.com

VMware Spurs CSP Network Modernization with Major Advances in Telco Cloud Portfolio - Business Wire

September 29, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Spurs CSP Network Modernization with Major Advances in Telco Cloud Portfolio

September 29, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

Comparing VMware (NYSE:VMW) & WaveDancer (NASDAQ:WAVD)

September 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Arrcus Extends Partnership with VMware to Transform Telco CSP Networks for the Delivery of Next-Gen Enterprise Services from the Edge to the Cloud

September 28, 2022 | businesswire.com

Arrcus Extends Partnership with VMware to Transform Telco CSP Networks for the Delivery of Next-Gen Enterprise Services from the Edge to the Cloud - Business Wire

September 26, 2022 | nasdaq.com

VMware Enters Oversold Territory (VMW)

September 21, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Broadcom Plus VMware Equals Strong Growth - Yahoo Finance

September 20, 2022 | businessinsider.com

Why I Left VMware 10 Days After the Broadcom Deal Was Announced - Business Insider

September 16, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Positive Impact of ESG on Display at VMware Explore

September 16, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN - Yahoo Finance

September 15, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN

September 14, 2022 | businessinsider.com

VMware's $8 Million Settlement Erodes Employee Trust - Business Insider

September 14, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Ranked #1 in Worldwide IT Automation and Configuration Management for Fifth Consecutive Year by Global Analyst Firm - Yahoo Finance

September 14, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware Ranked #1 in Worldwide IT Automation and Configuration Management for Fifth Consecutive Year by Global Analyst Firm

September 13, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware (VMW) Settles Backlog Disclosure Investigation With SEC

September 13, 2022 | nasdaq.com

VMware To Pay $8 Mln To Resolve SEC's Investigation Related To Backlog Disclosures

September 13, 2022 | msn.com

SEC charges VMware with hiding slowing sales from investors

September 13, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

SEC Charges VMWare With Fraud, But Settled For Just $8M In Penalty

September 13, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMWare to Pay $8M to Settle SEC Charges It Misled Investors

September 13, 2022 | techcrunch.com

The SEC revealed today that it charged VMWare with fraud . . . then settled for next to nothing - TechCrunch

September 12, 2022 | businesswire.com

VMware Announces Settlement of Previously Disclosed Investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission - Business Wire

September 9, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware (VMW) and Amazon Web Services Expand Partnership

September 8, 2022 | nasdaq.com

VMware (VMW) and Amazon Web Services Expand Partnership - Nasdaq

September 6, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

VMware (VMW) Launches New Tools to Help Hybrid Work Model

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VMW Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 8/25/2022
Today: 10/03/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/22/2022
Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2023

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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

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: +31.4%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.72
Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.62
Forward P/E Ratio: 24.53
P/E Growth: 1.46
Net Income: $1.82 billion
Net Margins: 11.97%
Pretax Margin: 14.65%
Return on Equity: 80.84%
Return on Assets: 6.13%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 79.86
Current Ratio: 0.76
Quick Ratio: 0.76

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $12.85 billion
Price / Sales: 3.50
Cash Flow: $7.31 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 14.57
Book Value: $0.33 per share
Price / Book: 322.61

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 423,025,000
Free Float: 252,546,000
Market Cap: $45.04 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 0.67

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Key Executives

Mr. Rangarajan Raghuram (Age 59)
CEO & Director
Comp: $2.1M

Mr. Sumit Dhawan (Age 47)
Pres
Comp: $1.62M

Mr. Zane C. Rowe (Age 51)
Exec. VP & CFO
Comp: $2.55M

Ms. Amy Fliegelman Olli (Age 58)
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec.
Comp: $1.27M

Mr. Jean-Pierre Brulard (Age 63)
Exec. VP of Worldwide Sales
Comp: $1.7M

Dr. Scott Devine
Co-Founder & Principal Engineer

Mr. Mike Hayes
Sr. VP & COO

Ms. Pebbie Verdecanna (Age 50)
VP of Revenue & Chief Accounting Officer

Mr. Kit Colbert
Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Jason Conyard
Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer

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Insiders & Institutions

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VMW Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell VMware stock right now?: 21 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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What is VMware's stock price forecast for 2022?: 21 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for VMware's shares. Their VMW share price forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate 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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How have VMW shares performed in 2022?: VMware's stock was trading at $115.88 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VMW stock has decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $106.46.
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Are investors shorting VMware?: VMware saw a increase in short interest in 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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When is VMware's next earnings date?: The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 22nd 2022.
View our VMW earnings forecast.
How were VMware's earnings last quarter?: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 25th. The virtualization software provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.07. The virtualization software provider had revenue of $3.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.30 billion. VMware had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 80.84% and a net margin of 11.97%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.18 EPS.
How often does VMware pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for VMware?: VMware announced a dividend on Wednesday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 29th will be given 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.
Read our dividend analysis for VMW.

What is Pat Gelsinger's approval rating as VMware's CEO?: 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.
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 stock 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 $106.46.
How much money does VMware make?: VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $45.04 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.
How many employees does VMware have?: The company 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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How can I contact VMware?: 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.

This page (NYSE:VMW) was last updated on 10/3/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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VMware - VMW Stock Forecast, Price & News

VMware MarketRank™ Forecast

Overall MarketRank™

Analyst's Opinion

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Change versus previous month

Dividend Strength

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score

Environmental Sustainability

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment

News Coverage This Week

Search Interest

MarketBeat Follows

Company Ownership

Earnings and Valuation

About VMware (NYSE:VMW) Stock

VMW Stock News Headlines

VMW Company Calendar

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Price Target and Rating

Profitability

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Miscellaneous

Social Links

Key Executives

Key Competitors

Insiders & Institutions

VMW Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

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