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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Stock Type |
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| Avast Plc | AVST | London | Ordinary Share |
| Price Change | Price Change % | Share Price | Last Trade
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| 0.00 | 0.00% | 716.60 | 00:00:00 |
| Open Price | Low Price | High Price | Close Price | Previous Close |
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| 716.60 | 716.60 |
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Posted at 07/8/2022 18:32 by blackhorse23 Invested in CURY ( LSE) which is better dividend & growth stocks |
Posted at 13/5/2021 08:53 by volvo Nice divi, helps abit now need the climb back to over 500p |
Posted at 10/3/2021 19:05 by sw1angel Interesting (positive) analysis based on ROCEhxxps://simplywall.s |
Posted at 16/12/2020 22:34 by crozzdeboar Naked Trader has updated for the first time in a while Yesterday (15th). Poor chap sounds like his hip op was a bit of an ordeal, wishing him a speedy and full recovery.Always positive when he buys in and in the case of Avast he has: I bought some Avast (AVST) the web security company. It's in a growth area still and profits are going nicely. If forecasts are right there is more to come. It doesn't look overly expensive. |
Posted at 11/11/2020 14:25 by energeticbacker Growing cybersecurity concerns could equate to investment opportunities for long-term investors and the subscription-based business models of cybersecurity firms look appealing.Investor’s Champion provides thoughts on this growing sector and some of the key listed players. #avst #crwd #gbg #kape #mcfe #nlok |
Posted at 12/8/2020 07:45 by inever Solid results with guidance to the upper end of market expectations. Debt levels continue to tumble at a rate that would see Avast debt free by December 2021. Interim dividend up 9% to 4.8c too. New paying customers rising at the rate of 100k per month. It's a keeper. |
Posted at 27/7/2020 07:22 by inever I'm in at 4.50. Huge potential in my view. I use Avast myself for years. They have over 400m users but only average about $2 a user in revenue so they have lots of opportunity to increase revenue, and convert the freemium users.The business produces loads of free cash so pre float debt is being repaid and they were able to pay a maiden dividend in June.The move to working from home is only going to help them.This is one for your pension fund. |
Posted at 30/1/2020 17:16 by earwacks Are you mean like Muller Lite? Just like the Church of England that invested in companies the made components for land mines and mining companies that evicted indigenous populations, or tobacco companies that murdered hundreds of thousands of people and still do. What amazes me is that people buy shares in companies and they don't know what they do. They sell digital data, they have not tried to hide that in fact they very much promoted it.If you are suggesting that AVST have been selling off passwords and security numbers or personal files I have not seen any evidence to support that and it certainly does not mention that in todays rns. They have now pulled the plug on Jumpshot others will carry on for now. If there is an outside investigation which would seem sensible to clear the companies name. If they have breached securities then they will be prosecuted. Jumping up and down and saying they deserve to be driven into bankruptcy is typical vigilante stuff and very often plain misguided. Facts first please |
Posted at 30/1/2020 11:46 by earwacks Lot of nonsense. Bt have been selling phone numbers for years to dodgy double glazing companies. Digital data is bundling up traffic on websites not selling personal details.Look how credit card companies store your purchase history. You get free anti virus for your clicks being logged in anonymous stats. Or you can pay a fortune for anti virus companies that slow your computer down. This is a genuine company with the director who takes no salary and the previous one gave a load of shares away to charity. Looks like a well orchestrated attack fro competitors who see their competition seriously threatened. Digital data is a massive business not to be confused with Cambridge who stole data for political manipulation. Avst has been ludicrously overbought from a float of £2.50 to £5.50 in 1 year. I admit I did ok from avst but I got out because I could see the share price was crazy not because they have done anything wrong. They are buying back the potion of jump shot they sold to ASCL for 30 million. Cant see how it wont impact on figures. It will take time to recover from this. There are bigger companies than this out there who intent on harm |
Posted at 30/8/2019 14:38 by timmy11 Avast – Cyber-consumersAvast is the UK’s largest listed Cybersecurity firm, and among the most profitable listed cybersecurity firms in the world – with a cash profit margin of 54.1% last year. Direct-to-consumer sales reached $698.4m last year, some 81% of total revenue. That might come as a surprise, since the core anti-virus software is actually free to use for consumers. Revenue comes from upselling to the group’s 435m+ customer base. Additional products help increase privacy, improve performance or expand protection to include smart home devices. Future growth depends on the user base continuing to swell, and keeping existing users happy enough to fork out hard earned cash for upgrades. That means keeping on top of a huge range of cyber threats and winning support from key opinion setting tech journalists. It’s no surprise then that research and development spending is substantial – accounting for over 20% of operating expenses last year – and more than 50% of staff are focused on improving products. There have been some pretty big acquisitions (buying other companies) over the years to help boost the proposition too. Before it listed on the stock market last year, private equity groups held a significant stake in the business. And, as is quite common for companies with that kind of background, debt reduction has been a priority early on. Fortunately, the group is highly cash generative, and combined with reasonable earnings growth, means overall leverage has fallen quickly. The current net debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) ratio of 2.4 times isn’t exactly conservative, but nor is it overly intimidating. Given the fundamentally attractive business model, and the fact investment banking analysts almost universally rate the stock a ‘buy’, you might expect Avast to be among the highly rated tech darlings that currently dominate the stock market. However a price to earnings ratio (PE) of 13.9 times is modest compared to lots of superficially less exciting businesses, and the stock offers a dividend yield of 3.2%. The cooler rating is likely down to the fact those private equity investors still have some stock to dispose of, which could hold back share price performance, and recent revenue growth has been strong rather than stellar. Some caution is probably required. |
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