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AVST Avast Plc

716.60
0.00 (0.00%)
Last Updated: 00:00:00
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Avast Plc LSE:AVST London Ordinary Share GB00BDD85M81 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 716.60 716.20 716.80 - 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Avast Share Discussion Threads

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
28/1/2020
12:43
Well that was the kiss of death lol
jqb1
28/1/2020
08:59
Possible trouble ahead ???
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togglebrush
27/1/2020
16:45
Yes, tipped by Momentum Investor.
Reckons it will be promoted to FTSE 100, bringing in trackers.

100rich
27/1/2020
08:26
Unusual so few follows on such fast riser. Nice

Mentioned over the w/e on a tip sheet - watching

johnrxx99
10/1/2020
15:29
bought in today at 5.01 as this looks a great long term holding with excellent prospects
over 400 million users and growing , albeit many like me use the free offerings only

gilesy
21/11/2019
09:41
cheers clanger66. Nice to see a big buy in when things are quiet.
vanilla_face
21/11/2019
09:28
Looks to me like a large shareholder has placed 18 million shares at 430 pence.
clanger66
21/11/2019
09:26
does anyone know whats going on with the volume today? massive buy!!
vanilla_face
18/10/2019
06:31
i was close
timmy11
18/10/2019
06:28
Synopsis q3 RNS
'
($'m)_________ Q3 2019 Q3 2018 Change %
---------------------------------- ----------
Adjusted Revenue 220.3___ 209.8____ 5.0%
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Outlook
FY 2019 outlook for Adjusted Revenue to be at the upper end of high single digit growth, excluding FX,
'
Expect Full Year results on Wednesday 26 February 2020.

togglebrush
16/10/2019
09:31
this year 223.25 ?
timmy11
16/10/2019
09:19
For reference
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Last Year’s THIRD QUARTER TRADING UPDATE
18 October 2018
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_($'m) _________Q3 2018 Q3 2017
-----------------------------
Adjusted Revenue 209.8 195.7

togglebrush
15/10/2019
10:14
results on friday
timmy11
09/9/2019
18:24
Extraordinary trading being executed after the bell. 22 million bought. loads of 1 share trades. I guess still settling after Sarl exit. Too tempting not to top up when it hits £3.71 again and again. Some comments about having risen too fast too soon. I think it has been quite measured given the news flow and still a very good buy
earwacks
04/9/2019
16:17
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!
earwacks
04/9/2019
08:11
So Sarl have offloaded their entire 12% stake at a small discount overnight. Now their is wider ownership. Thats all that has changed from yesterdays close of £3.85.
earwacks
01/9/2019
15:56
Good post Tim. I like the stock a lot. Why wouldn't I. Made me a lot of dosh this year.They have been great on news flow and keeping the market well informed, sadly unlike many companies. Common advice from company solicitors is 'tell the market as little as possible and preferably nothing.!" Thanks heavens I got out of banks and miners at last. How much of this current volatility is thanks to Trump and the Chinese spats and how much is down to the economy is hard to say. Will be interesting to see how the market reacts to the latest tirades tomorrow without guidance from the Dow. Think there will be a lot of buying opportunities before the end of week. Caution is very much the word but also opportunity.
earwacks
30/8/2019
14:38
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.

timmy11
28/8/2019
16:12
looks like it might be in the cross hairs of some foriegn enitities
red5
23/8/2019
13:41
Non-exec director just sold £3.5m worth of shares. Can hardly blame him really after stellar re-rating since results.
m1das_touch
23/8/2019
12:09
This would be a clear takeover target in my opinion.
red5
23/8/2019
08:18
@rolo7 I was thinking the same
perky77
23/8/2019
07:29
Next uk takeover?
rolo7
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