Commvault Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CVLT)’s stock price has dropped by -0.27 in relation to previous closing price of 161.71. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 4.74% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-01-17 that Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock’s price, do they really matter?
Is It Worth Investing in Commvault Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CVLT) Right Now?
Commvault Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CVLT) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 40.86x compared to its average ratio. CVLT has 36-month beta value of 0.65. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CVLT is 42.94M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.51% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CVLT on January 20, 2025 was 375.14K shares.
CVLT’s Market Performance
CVLT stock saw a decrease of 4.74% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -5.60% and a quarterly a decrease of 10.29%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.78%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.07% for Commvault Systems Inc (CVLT). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.72% for CVLT’s stock, with a 16.81% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CVLT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CVLT stocks, with Cantor Fitzgerald repeating the rating for CVLT by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CVLT in the upcoming period, according to Cantor Fitzgerald is $159 based on the research report published on January 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
KeyBanc Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CVLT reach a price target of $192. The rating they have provided for CVLT stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on January 16th, 2025.
Oppenheimer gave a rating of “Outperform” to CVLT, setting the target price at $200 in the report published on November 13th of the previous year.
CVLT Trading at -2.64% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CVLT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -9.76% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.07%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.78%, as shares sank -3.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +2.54% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CVLT rose by +4.74%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +62.79% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $157.01. In addition, Commvault Systems Inc saw 6.87% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CVLT starting from Pickens Allison, who sale 1,232 shares at the price of $172.50 back on Nov 29 ’24. After this action, Pickens Allison now owns 5,899 shares of Commvault Systems Inc, valued at $212,520 using the latest closing price.
Mirchandani Sanjay, the President & CEO of Commvault Systems Inc, sale 10,775 shares at $165.30 during a trade that took place back on Nov 18 ’24, which means that Mirchandani Sanjay is holding 459,969 shares at $1,781,160 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CVLT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.09 for the present operating margin
- 0.81 for the gross margin
The net margin for Commvault Systems Inc stands at 0.2. The total capital return value is set at 0.17. Equity return is now at value 77.23, with 20.49 for asset returns.
Based on Commvault Systems Inc (CVLT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.04 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 17.97. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.05. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 198.41.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 90.44 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.23. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.53. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.61for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.94. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.20.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Commvault Systems Inc (CVLT) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
