VMware - VMW Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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15 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for VMware's shares. Their VMW share price forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $137.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price.
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VMware's stock was trading at $122.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VMW stock has decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $119.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 22nd. The virtualization software provider reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.24. The virtualization software provider earned $3.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.37 billion. VMware had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1,930.43% and a net margin of 10.68%.

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."

VMware's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.14%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.13%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.12%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.09%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.09%) and Seizert Capital Partners LLC (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Fliegelman Olli, Jean Pierre Brulard, Patrick P Gelsinger, Patrick P Gelsinger, Rajiv Ramaswami, Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram, Sanjay Poonen, Sumit Dhawan and Zane Rowe.
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One share of VMW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.34.

VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $50.77 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 $3.32 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.