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AVST Avast Plc

716.60
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Avast Investors - AVST

Avast Investors - AVST

Share Name Share Symbol Market Stock Type
Avast Plc AVST London Ordinary Share
  Price Change Price Change % Share Price Last Trade
0.00 0.00% 716.60 00:00:00
Open Price Low Price High Price Close Price Previous Close
716.60 716.60
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Posted at 21/7/2021 21:30 by capo1211
I was an investor but my sell order triggered last week when it unexpectedly went above 585.

I might be interested to get back in.
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 30/1/2020 14:34 by earwacks
As already stated in rns. Inline single digit growth. Nothing exceptional, nothing that justified an share price of £5.50 plus yet. Probably about right where it is for now. The clue that it was overbought as if needed were the number of director sales and two institutional investors opting out. Ondrej Vlcek, Avast CEO said:



"Today we are announcing the immediate termination of the provision of data to Jumpshot. People have become increasingly sensitive to data privacy matters. Avast has always been committed to doing the right thing for its users and customers, and this is the overarching principle that has guided our decisions in response to recent developments. While we have always acted with integrity, our respect for people's privacy concerns must take precedence over everything else.
Naive maybe but quite genuine
Posted at 27/1/2020 16:45 by 100rich
Yes, tipped by Momentum Investor.
Reckons it will be promoted to FTSE 100, bringing in trackers.
Posted at 04/9/2019 16:17 by earwacks
78 million shares traded today out of 987 million. Bet nobody managed to grab the low of £3.61! No news on the finalisation of the deal with Ascl though their shares moved back to £3.94. But if completed as forecast $60 million dollars should hit the balance sheet very soon. Market always gets a bit unsettled when an original investor exits, but thats what they do and move on. Glad for the opportunity to get back in at this level. May take a few days to settle as the completion of Sarl's exit is completed on September 6th. Some fairly large trades at the end of session I don't think they were part of the deal because they were at £3.73 and the placing was £3.67. All good I hope!
Posted at 30/8/2019 14:38 by timmy11
Avast – Cyber-consumers
Avast 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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