We're taking a closer look at Splunk today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 21.3% compared to -1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Splunk Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and markets cloud services and licensed software solutions in the United States and internationally.
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Splunk has moved 74.0% over the last year compared to 17.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 57.0%
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SPLK has an average analyst rating of buy and is 13.81% away from its mean target price of $127.45 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.1
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Splunk has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -1450.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.39 and its forward P/E ratio is 33.0
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SPLK has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.24, which shows the company is fairly valued compared to its earnings.
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Splunk is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
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Splunk has on average reported free cash flows of $101.4 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 0.0%