Exploring the Buzz Around IOT Investments

By Ken Smith • Monday, September 30 15:11 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Samsara, a Data Processing Services company whose shares moved 1.2% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Samsara has moved 86.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 33.8%
IOT has an average analyst rating of buy and is 7.42% away from its mean target price of $44.76 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.49
Samsara has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -98.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.26 and its forward P/E ratio is 184.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 27.73 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Samsara is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.01 and an average P/B of 3.91
The company has a free cash flow of $184.97 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Samsara Inc. provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its connected operations cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy. Its applications include video-based safety that enables customers to build a safety program and protect their teams with AI-enabled video; vehicle telematics which provides visibility into real-time vehicle location and diagnostics with GPS tracking, routing and dispatch, fuel efficiency management, electric vehicle usage and charge planning, preventative maintenance, and insights to manage fuel and energy costs; and mobile apps and workflows that improves productivity for frontline workers and enables regulatory compliance for workers to see upcoming jobs, capture electronic documents, perform maintenance inspections, maintain compliance logs, and message with back-office administration. The company also provides equipment monitoring which offers visibility and management of unpowered and powered assets, ranging from generators and compressors to heavy construction equipment and trailers to improve operating efficiency, prevent unplanned downtime, and avoid critical safety and compliance issues; and site visibility that provides remote visibility into sites to improve onsite security, safety, and incident response times. It serves transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, healthcare and education, manufacturing, food and beverage, and other industries, as well as government. Samsara Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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