VMware (VMW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VMware in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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6 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for VMware's shares. Their VMW share price forecasts range from $105.00 to $147.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $133.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price.
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VMware's stock was trading at $122.76 at the start of the year. Since then, VMW shares have increased by 2.4% and is now trading at $125.74.
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VMware saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,220,000 shares, a drop of 51.7% from the April 15th total of 6,660,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,260,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 25th 2023.
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March, 2nd. The virtualization software provider reported $1.49 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.13. The virtualization software provider had revenue of $3.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.64 billion. VMware had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 327.30% and a net margin of 9.84%.

ETFs with the largest weight of VMware (NYSE:VMW) stock in their portfolio include AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB), Invesco Dynamic Networking ETF (PXQ), iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK), Direxion Daily Cloud Computing Bull 2x (CLDL), Pacer Data and Digital Revolution ETF (TRFK), Fidelity Cloud Computing ETF (FCLD), Direxion Work From Home ETF (WFH) and Capital Link Global Fintech Leaders ETF (KOIN).

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.

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).

VMware trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VMW."

VMware's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dodge & Cox (6.21%), BlackRock Inc. (3.34%), State Street Corp (1.20%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.50%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.48%). 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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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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One share of VMW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.74.

VMware (NYSE:VMW) has a market capitalization of $53.88 billion and generates $13.35 billion in revenue each year. The virtualization software provider earns $1.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 38,300 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.