To the Moon? Splunk Is on a Rocket Today

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, May 17 12:21 • Permanent Link

Shares of Software company Splunk climbed 5.0% this afternoon. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Splunk has logged a -7.5% 52 week change, compared to 4.7% for the S&P 500
SPLK has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.78% away from its mean target price of $114.39 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-1.77, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -52.5. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 27.16
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.54 and its forward P/E ratio is 26.2
The current ratio is currently 1.3, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $427.23 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is 20.3%
Splunk's revenues have an average growth rate of 11.6% with operating expenses growing at 8.5%. The company's current operating margins stand at -6.4%

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