Vmwareinc: (NYSE: VMW)
$72.38
-1.22 (-1.66%)
Volume 2,749,939
May 23 04:06 PM ET
Zacks Rank: 2-Buy 
| #2 |
Overview Quote
Stock Activity
| Day Low - High | 72.00 - 73.00 |
| 52wk Low - High | 70.05 - 103.05 |
| Previous Close | 73.60 |
| Avg. Volume | 2,451,845 |
| Industry | COMP-SOFTWARE |
| Market Cap | 31.51 B |
| Div - Yield | 0.00 - 0.00 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| PE (Forward) | 31.52 |
| Current Year Est. | 2.34 |
| Quarterly Earnings ESP |
0.00% |
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Zacks Rank
|
 2 |
Zacks Recommendation
|
Neutral |
Zacks Industry Rank
|
184 out of 265 |
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PREMIUM |
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Key Earnings Data
| PE (Forward) | 31.52 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.50 |
| Current Year Est. | 2.34 |
| Current Quarter Estimate | 0.53 |
| Most Accurate Estimate | 0.53 |
| Earnings ESP |
0.00% |
| Next Earnings Report Date | 07-22-2013 |
| EPS Last Year | 1.87 |
| Expected Earnings Growth | 20.99% |
Company Description
VMware provides virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Their solutions enable organizations to aggregate multiple servers, storage infrastructure and networks together into shared pools of capacity that can be allocated dynamically, securely and reliably to applications as needed, increasing hardware utilization and reducing spending. They have expanded their offering with virtual infrastructure automation and management products to address distributed and heterogeneous infrastructure challenges such as system recoverability and reliability, backup and recovery, resource provisioning and management, capacity and performance management and desktop security. They derive a significant majority of their revenues from their indirect sales channel that include distributors, resellers, x86 system vendors and systems integrators.
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Earnings Estimates
| Current Qtr (06/2013) |
Next Qtr (09/2013) |
Current Year (12/2013) |
Next Year (12/2014) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Estimate | 0.53 | 0.57 | 2.34 | 2.78 |
| Number of Estimates | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Low Estimate | 0.45 | 0.51 | 2.15 | 2.43 |
| High Estimate | 0.55 | 0.61 | 2.43 | NA |
| Year Ago EPS | 0.46 | 0.39 | 1.81 | 2.34 |
| EPS Growth | 14.95% | 47.44% | 29.01% | 19.11% |
Industry Analysis
| Name | Symbol | Previous Close | Zacks Rank | Zacks Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMWARE INC-A | VMW | 73.60 | |
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| ASPEN TECH INC | AZPN | 29.89 | |
|
| PEGASYSTEMS INC | PEGA | 30.97 | |
|
| PROGRESS SOFTWA | PRGS | 23.57 | |
|
| SAP AG ADR | SAP | 78.71 | |
|
| ACTUATE CORP | BIRT | 6.55 | |
|
| ADVENT SOFTWARE | ADVS | 31.08 | |
|
| CALLIDUS SOFTWR | CALD | 5.29 | |
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| DEALERTRACK HLD | TRAK | 31.06 | |
|
| DESCARTES SYS | DSGX | 10.29 | |
|
Sector:Computer and Technology>> Industry:COMP-SOFTWARE
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Financials
| EPS TTM | 1.87 |
| Sales | 4,605 |
| Net Income | 728 |
| Price/Earnings | 39.36 |
| Price/Book | 5.33 |
| Price/Cash Flow | 27.67 |
| Price/Sales | 6.65 |
News
Shares of CommVault Systems Underperformed its Peers in the Systems Software Industry (CVLT, N, RHT, VMW, FIRE) - Financial News Network Online - News Corner
May 23, 2013
VMware(R) Horizon View(TM) Preferred Among Small and MidsizedBusinesses for Modernizing Windows Desktops - Marketwire
May 23, 2013
After Yesterday's Decline of 3.44%, VMware Offers Investors Better Value - Comtex Smartrend(R)
May 22, 2013
After Yesterday's Decline of 3.44%, VMware Offers Investors Better Value - Comtex Smartrend(R)
May 22, 2013
Allot Communications has Relatively Underperformed its Peers in the Systems Software Industry (ALLT, CVLT, RHT, N, VMW) - Financial News Network Online - News Corner
May 22, 2013
Cloudera and VMware Work Together to Accelerate Enterprise Use ofHadoop in Virtual and Cloud Environments - Marketwire
May 22, 2013
Concentrate On Winners: Sell Stock From The Bottom Up - Investors Business Daily
May 22, 2013
Tumblr Completes Mayer`s Yahoo! Vision - TheStreet.com
May 22, 2013
Broker Recommendations
| Current ABR | 2.27 |
| ABR (Last Week) | 2.24 |
| # of recs in ABR | 30 |
| Average Target Price | 95.81 |
| Industry Rank by ABR | 184 out of 265 |
| Rank in Industry | 5 out of 78 |
