Cantor Fitzgerald Issues Positive Forecast for CVLT Earnings

Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLTFree Report) – Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Commvault Systems in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 29th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst T. Blakey now forecasts that the software maker will post earnings of $1.80 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.67. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Neutral” rating and a $173.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Commvault Systems’ current full-year earnings is $1.65 per share.

Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLTGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The software maker reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.07. Commvault Systems had a net margin of 19.75% and a return on equity of 31.62%. The firm had revenue of $233.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $220.76 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.30 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on CVLT. StockNews.com cut shares of Commvault Systems from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. William Blair raised shares of Commvault Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Commvault Systems from $164.00 to $182.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Commvault Systems in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Commvault Systems in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 target price on the stock. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Commvault Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $156.44.

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Commvault Systems Stock Up 7.5 %

Shares of CVLT stock opened at $157.90 on Thursday. Commvault Systems has a 12-month low of $88.34 and a 12-month high of $178.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.97 and a beta of 0.65. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $163.11 and a 200-day moving average of $153.93.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new position in shares of Commvault Systems during the third quarter valued at about $33,000. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its position in Commvault Systems by 294.1% in the fourth quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 402 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period. Point72 DIFC Ltd bought a new stake in Commvault Systems in the third quarter worth about $71,000. Signaturefd LLC raised its position in Commvault Systems by 43.9% in the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 590 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $91,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the period. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Commvault Systems in the third quarter worth about $105,000. 93.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Commvault Systems

In other news, CEO Sanjay Mirchandani sold 10,775 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.30, for a total transaction of $1,781,107.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 459,969 shares in the company, valued at $76,032,875.70. This represents a 2.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Gary Merrill sold 1,523 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.89, for a total transaction of $251,127.47. Following the sale, the insider now owns 93,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,335,924.23. This trade represents a 1.61 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 13,530 shares of company stock valued at $2,244,755 in the last quarter. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Commvault Systems Company Profile

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Commvault Systems, Inc provides data protection platform that helps customers to secure, defend, and recover their data in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution; and Metallic Data Protection as-a-service, which delivers enterprise-grade data protection as a service on a cloud platform, with advanced built-in security controls.

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