Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) stock jumped 0.18% on Wednesday to $96.69 against a previous-day closing price of $96.52. With 2.14 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.43 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $97.45 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $94.81. The 52-week range on SPLK shows that it touched its highest point at $116.84 and its lowest point at $65.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $116.05. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.27.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SPLK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.35%, but this was up by 14.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.87% while six-month performance rose 25.12%. The stock lost -1.54% in the past year, while it has gained 12.31% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SPLK yields -1.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.54. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 79.30% for this year and 24.84% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 21.60% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.70%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 164.29 million SPLK shares are outstanding with a float of 162.96 million shares on hand for trading. On May 14, 2023, short shares totaled 4.58 million, which was 2.76% higher than short shares on Apr 13, 2023. In addition to Mr. Gary L. Steele as the firm’s Pres, CEO & Director, Mr. Brian Keith Roberts serves as its Sr. VP, CFO & Principal Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 88.85% of SPLK’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 47.32% of SPLK, in contrast to 33.30% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 25.28%. As the largest shareholder in SPLK with 9.60% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 15,885,312 shares worth 15,885,312. A second-largest stockholder of SPLK, PRIMECAP Management Co., holds 11,131,228 shares, controlling over 6.73% of the firm’s shares. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the third largest shareholder in SPLK, holding 7,368,159 shares or 4.45% stake. With a 3.08% stake in SPLK, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 5,090,481 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund, which owns about 2.37% of SPLK stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 3,926,658 shares valued at 338.63 million. Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund holds 2.31% of the stake in SPLK, owning 3,821,755 shares worth 329.59 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jan 30, 2023, SPLK reported revenue of $674.08M and operating income of -$291.69M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$266.98M and diluted EPS was -$1.90.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SPLK since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SPLK analysts setting a high price target of $135.00 and a low target of $86.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $114.63. Based on these targets, SPLK could surge 39.62% to reach the target high and fall by -11.06% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 18.55% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SPLK stock several times over the past three months with 9 Buys and 7 Sells. In these transactions, 207,988 shares were bought while 52,040 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 24 while that of sell transactions has risen to 25 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 301,000 while 130,913 shares were sold.
