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SOPH Sophos Group Plc

580.40
0.00 (0.00%)
10 May 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Sophos Investors - SOPH

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Stock Type
Sophos Group Plc SOPH London Ordinary Share
  Price Change Price Change % Share Price Last Trade
0.00 0.00% 580.40 01:00:00
Open Price Low Price High Price Close Price Previous Close
580.40 580.40
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Posted at 30/12/2019 16:08 by montynj
I'm holder of Sophos but thought good idea to draw your attention to a small fast growing cyber security firm which is below investors' radar...it is called Shearwater (SWG).12 months group revenue to March 31 2019 was GBP 23.5 million.Current year...6 months revenue (April 1 - Sept 30 2019) approx. GBP 16 million.Current market cap GBP 47 million.Significant shareholders, AIM shares in issue, and shares not in public handsDirectors: 3,934,717 (17.8%)Secarma: 2,922,925 (13.2%)Dene Stacey: 2,104,166 (9.5%)Schroder Investment Management: 1,741,428 (7.9%)Killik & Co.: 1,107,207 (5.0%)Fidelity: 905,500 (4.1%)Steve Watts: 892,857 (4.0%)Canaccord Genuity: 652,500 (3.0%)Number of shares in issue: 22,106,460Number of shares not in public hands: 7,100,802 equivalent to 32.1%This information was last updated on 27 September 2019
Posted at 29/1/2019 13:25 by qqoxf
instead of selling, the directors should buy shares to shove up confidence of investors.
Posted at 18/1/2019 07:12 by rock star
I hate the metrics they use- it works against them- they need to keep it simple or else investors think they are trying to hide something.

2% increase in operating cash flow doesn’t look so good.
Posted at 10/12/2018 13:41 by bladerunna62
It doesnt matter, Sophos has held up well in the middle of a global market crash. This is where you know if your an investor or a fair weather punter! This is the time to average down at a sensible rate of knots
Posted at 08/11/2018 08:46 by jake moses
Need to sort their investor relations out but underlying business and prospects look sound. Must be in play now for industry/PE interest. Analysts’ target share price 425-750p. Am in for more at these levels.
Posted at 05/4/2018 13:17 by bocase
This just out from Proactive Investors

Shares in Sophos Group PLC (LON:SOPH) surged on Thursday morning after the cyber-security firm announced “another year of strong growth”.

The group said reported billings growth for the year to the end of March would be towards the top end of the company’s guidance range of +20% - +22%, representing around 18% growth on a constant currency basis.

READ: Sophos Group sees strong growth in nine month billings, confident on full-year outlook
Shore Capital’s number-crunchers reckon 22% growth in fiscal 2017/8 billings would imply a number around US$771mln, which just so happens to be Shore’s own estimate; the range of forecasts spans from US$758mln to US$774mln.

The final quarter of the financial year saw year-on-year billings growth of around 23% in actual terms or 16% on a constant currency basis.

UBS said the fourth quarter growth figure implied billings of around US$231mln relative to the consensus forecast of US$228mln and UBS’s own forecast of US$230mln.

“We would expect Endpoint to have remained the out-performer, with possibly Intercept X V2 picking up some momentum. Renewal rates look likely to have improved on Q3's level,” the Swiss bank said.

Brokers applaud the update - brief though it was​
UBS said the billings data bodes well for management meeting its targets on cash earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) and unlevered free cash flow (FCF); management is targeting Ebitda margins of 24.2-24.7% and unlevered FCF to be modestly ahead of the previous year’s US$132mln; the consensus forecasts are 24.0% and US$139mln respectively.

“Sophos repeated its ambition to deliver US$1bn in billings in 2020, which implies a CAGR [compound annual growth rate] of around 14%. We note tough comparatives remain in Q1 19 especially, as that represents when last year's WannaCry attack unfolded,” UBS said.

“Consensus billings of US$897m (UBSe: US$891m) represent 17% growth; and while currency will likely remain a tailwind (UBSe 2%), we are not expecting any upgrades on the back of today's news. Nonetheless, this news should be good for the shares,” UBS predicted – correctly, as it turns out, as the shares were up 16% at 482.8p.

UBS rates the shares a ‘buy’ and has a 12-month price target of 660p.

Shore Capital also reckons the shares are worth buying, noting that recent volatility has “given rise to better value in the shares”.

“Sophos represents high growth in a low-growth world together with scarcity among European large cap cyber-security plays,” Shore said.
Posted at 22/3/2018 15:56 by greenrichard
Sophos (LON:SOPH)‘s stock had its “overweight221; rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Morgan Stanley in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday. They presently have a GBX 705 ($9.74) price target on the stock. Morgan Stanley’s price target indicates a potential upside of 52.93% from the stock’s previous close.
Posted at 20/3/2018 14:56 by epo001
If investors behave like headless chickens reacting to misinformation peddled by uninformed or hostile pundits then it could easily happen, perhaps Northern are manipulating the share price for their own purposes.

Suggesting that a company which sells subscriptions is over-reliant on pre-payments is on the surface of it like criticising Wetherspoons for being over-reliant on people walking in through the door. Saying there are similarities to MicroFocus without enumerating what those similarities are is merely spreading FUD.
Posted at 20/3/2018 12:57 by g9791
It would seem something significant is occurring and we small investors only find out later when everything goes awry. It will be interesting to see if any brokers reconsider their evalutions in the next few days/week. This has gone from £6.70 to £4.20 in only a few weeks. Someone said on here yesterday about the momentum of these shares in the last year and they have certainly had a huge charge. May be it is 'correction' time for them. Anyway, whatever it is I think it is wise to wait a little while.
Posted at 01/3/2018 10:45 by discojames
There is no real news for Sophos at the moment so a drift downwards is understandable as some investors think their money is worth more elsewhere, in the short term at the very least. This price may do nothing but drift slowly downwards until the May results

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