Shares of Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) rocketed 19% in premarket trading Wednesday, putting them on track to open at a 14-month high, after Bloomberg reported late Tuesday that the security software company was in advanced talks to be acquired by Broadcom Inc.
The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by
investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company.
Insider ownership for the SYMC is 0.70%. Institutional ownership refers to the
ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations,
pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the SYMC is
94.30%.
Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock
and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about
that SYMC. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the
insider makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still
non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider
ownerships) for the Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is 24.80%.
Institutional transactions is the amount of a Symantec Corporation
(NASDAQ:SYMC)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance
companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large
entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an
interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership
for the SYMC is -0.37%.
A Technology sector firm, Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) stock climbs 0.18%
on Tuesday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $22.10 and
number of shares that changed hands during the day are 5.85 Million. The number
of shares SYMC stock currently held by all its shareholders are 635.00 and
floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading in an open
market on last trading day are 611.59. The average volume of shares for 3
months is 6825.96 and SYMC stock value has moved between $17.4 – 24.83 in last
one year.
The Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)’s latest earnings date is 8/8/2019. The
Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods sold
(COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage value,
while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross margin for Symantec
Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is 77.80% and the profit margin is 0.70% and the
stock has gained 16.96% in 2019 to date.
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Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)’s monthly stock performance is 22.91%, the quarterly performance is -4.54%, the half year performance is calculated as 16.96%. The yearly performance of SYMC is 7.02%.
The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) weekly volatility is measured as 2.17% and monthly volatility measured as 2.43%.
Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. SYMC return on assets is 0.20%, the return on equity (ROE) of the Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is 0.50%, while the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is typically used for personal financial decisions, and SYMC return on investment is 2.30%.
The price to sales ratio is 2.97, and price to book ratio is 2.44, price to cash per share ration is 6.87, price to free cash flow is 13.10.
Analysts mean target price for Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is $20.61 while analysts mean recommendation is 3.00. The current share price indicates that stock is -10.78% away from its one year high and is moving 26.83% ahead of its 52-week low. SYMC’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 10.21% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 5.91%.