NYSE:VMW

VMware Stock Forecast, Price & News

$114.99

-1.26 (-1.08%)

(As of 06/29/2022 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $114.32
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$116.20
50-Day Range: $93.63
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$131.99
52-Week Range: $91.53
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$167.83

Volume: 908,828 shs
Average Volume: 2.03 million shs
Market Capitalization: $48.46 billion

P/E Ratio: 29.71
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $139.91

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VMW Stock Forecast (MarketRank)

Overall MarketRank^™

2.42 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

252nd out of 937 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

60th out of 303 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 21.7% from its current price of $114.99.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
VMware has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

4.7 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
VMware has received 1,463 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
VMware has received 629 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
VMware has received 69.93% “outperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about VMware and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe VMW will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe VMW will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

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.

3.3 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 $10,203,013.00 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.

1.9 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for VMware are expected to grow by 14.69% in the coming year, from $4.63 to $5.31 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of VMware is 29.71, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.19.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of VMware is 29.71, 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 59.62.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
VMware has a PEG Ratio of 1.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

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About VMware (NYSE:VMW)

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 28, 2022 | businesswire.com

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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

TechTarget's SearchVMware.com Announces Call for Nominations of Best of VMware Explore 2022 Awards - Business Wire

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

Broadcom's planned $69B VMWare deal may see long European antitrust review (NYSE:VMW) - Seeking Alpha

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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: 6/30/2022
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: +21.7%
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: 29.71
Forward P/E Ratio: 24.84
P/E Growth: 1.5
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: 3.77
Cash Flow: $7.19 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 15.99
Book Value: ($2.09) per share
Price / Book: -55.02

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 421,445,000
Free Float: 251,603,000
Market Cap: $48.46 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 0.67

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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.
View analyst ratings for VMware or view top-rated stocks.
What is VMware's stock price forecast for 2022?: 21 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for VMware's shares. Their VMW stock forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect VMware's share price to reach $139.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price.
View analysts' price targets for VMware or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.
How has VMware's stock price performed in 2022?: VMware's stock was trading at $115.88 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VMW stock has decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $114.99.
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Are investors shorting VMware?: VMware saw a increase in short interest during 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 volume of 2,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 4.7% of the company's shares 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 26th. The virtualization software provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.28. The virtualization software provider earned $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.19 billion. VMware had a net margin of 12.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.24%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.24 earnings per share.
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. 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 of this dividend is Tuesday, November 2nd. This is a positive change 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), Progress Software (PRGS), C3.ai (AI) 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 $114.99.
How much money does VMware make?: VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $48.46 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 [email protected], or via fax at 650-427-5001.

This page (NYSE:VMW) was last updated on 6/30/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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4.7 Community Rank

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0.0 Dividend Strength

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1.9 Earnings and Valuation

About VMware (NYSE:VMW)

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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 price 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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