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| Market Cap | £4.81bn |
| Enterprise Value | £5.33bn |
| Revenue | £645.6m |
| Position in Universe | 190th / 1819 |
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Avast plc is a United Kingdom-based company that provides security software. The Company offers products in two segments: consumer products and products for the small and medium business (SMB). It offers consumer personal computer antivirus security software under the Avast and AVG brands. Its consumer products include offerings for desktop security and mobile device protection. Its consumer offerings include Avast Free Antivirus, Avast Security for Mac, AVG Antivirus FREE and AVG Antivirus for Mac, Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security and AVG Internet Security, Avast Premier, Avast Ultimate and AVG Ultimate and AVG Driver Updater. Its SMB offerings include Avast Business Antivirus, Avast Business Antivirus Pro, Avast Business Antivirus Pro Plus, Avast Managed Workplace, Avast Business CloudCare, AVG File Server Edition, AVG Antivirus Business Edition, AVG Internet Security Business Edition, and Avast Cloud Secured Web Gateway and Unified Threat Management.
| Last Annual | December 31st, 2020 |
| Last Interim | December 31st, 2020 |
| Incorporated | January 7, 2010 |
| Public Since | May 10, 2018 |
| No. of Shareholders: | n/a |
| No. of Employees: | 1,803 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software & IT Services |
| Index | FTSE All Share , FTSE All-share - Technology Price Return Gbp End Of Day, FTSE All-share - Software & Computer Services Price Return Gbp End Of Day, FTSE Euromid , FTSE 350 , FTSE 350 Lower Yield , FTSE 350 Software & Computer Services , FTSE 100 , |
| Exchange | London Stock Exchange (Full) |
| Shares in Issue | 1,029,046,912 |
| Free Float | (0.0%) |
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| Address | 110 High Holborn, LONDON, WC1V 6JS, United Kingdom |
| Web | https://investors.avast.com/ |
| Phone | + |
| Contact | Peter Russell (Director of Investor Relations) |
| Auditors | Ernst & Young LLP |
As of 16/04/21, shares in Avast are trading at 467p, giving the company a market capitalisation of £4.81bn. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Avast are currently trading at 467p and the price has moved by 5.56% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength - which takes into account the overall market trend - the Avast price has moved by -15.57% over the past year.
Of the analysts with advisory recommendations for Avast, there are there are currently 3 "buy" , 1 "hold" and 1 "sell" recommendations. The overall consensus recommendation for Avast is Hold. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Avast is scheduled to issue upcoming financial results on the following dates:
The Avast dividend yield is 1.73% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Avast paid a total dividend of 0.11, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 1.73%. Looking ahead, shares in Avast are due to go ex-dividend on 2021-05-13 and the next dividend pay date is 2021-06-18.
Avast are due to go ex-dividend on 2021-05-13 and the next dividend pay date is 2021-06-18. The historic dividend yield on Avast shares is currently 1.73%.
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Shares in Avast are currently trading at 467p, giving the company a market capitalisation of £4.81bn.
Here are the trading details for Avast:
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum, Avast is currently classified as a Style Neutral. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
Shares in Avast are currently priced at 467p. At that level they are trading at 21.85% discount to the analyst consensus target price of 597.57.
Analysts covering Avast currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of 0.37 for the next financial year.
An important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Avast. Over the past six months, the relative strength of its shares against the market has been -26.07%. At the current price of 467p, shares in Avast are trading at -8.68% against their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Avast PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 29. The shares are currently trading at 467p.
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The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Avast's management team is headed by:
Here are the top five shareholders of Avast based on the size of their shareholding:
