Market Cap
US$27.8b
Last Updated
2021/01/22 01:18 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
Splunk Inc. develops and markets software solutions that enable organizations to gain real-time operational intelligence in the United States and internationally. More Details
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years
Snowflake Analysis
Mediocre balance sheet with limited growth.
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Share Price & News
How has Splunk's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: SPLK is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 8% a week.
Volatility Over Time: SPLK's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0.5%
SPLK
3.3%
US Software
1.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
8.9%
SPLK
43.5%
US Software
22.6%
US Market
Return vs Industry: SPLK underperformed the US Software industry which returned 44.5% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SPLK underperformed the US Market which returned 22.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
SPLK | Industry | Market | |
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7 Day | 0.5% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
30 Day | -2.9% | -1.9% | 4.9% |
90 Day | -20.6% | 7.3% | 14.6% |
1 Year | 8.9%8.9% | 44.4%43.5% | 25.4%22.6% |
3 Year | 87.1%87.1% | 130.6%123.2% | 46.8%37.0% |
5 Year | 287.5%287.5% | 282.4%261.8% | 132.0%106.1% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Splunk's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Is Splunk undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
8.9%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: SPLK ($171.83) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($188.65)
Significantly Below Fair Value: SPLK is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: SPLK is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Software industry average.
PE vs Market: SPLK is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SPLK's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: SPLK is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (17.3x) compared to the US Software industry average (9.7x).
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Future Growth
How is Splunk forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 35 analysts?
10.0%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: SPLK is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Earnings vs Market: SPLK is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
High Growth Earnings: SPLK is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: SPLK's revenue (20.4% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (10.5% per year).
High Growth Revenue: SPLK's revenue (20.4% per year) is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: SPLK's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (7%).
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Past Performance
How has Splunk performed over the past 5 years?
-13.6%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SPLK is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: SPLK is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SPLK is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 13.6% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare SPLK's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: SPLK is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Software industry (14.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SPLK has a negative Return on Equity (-49.16%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Splunk's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: SPLK's short term assets ($3.1B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.3B).
Long Term Liabilities: SPLK's short term assets ($3.1B) exceed its long term liabilities ($2.7B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SPLK's debt to equity ratio (141.4%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: Insufficient data to determine if SPLK's debt to equity ratio has reduced over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: SPLK has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: Insufficient data to determine if SPLK has enough cash runway if its free cash flow continues to grow or shrink based on historical rates.
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Dividend
What is Splunk current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate SPLK's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate SPLK's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SPLK's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SPLK's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of SPLK's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
1.9yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Doug Merritt (56 yo)
5.17yrs
Tenure
US$15,710,645
Compensation
Mr. Douglas Merritt, also known as Doug, has been the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director at Splunk Inc. since November 19, 2015. Mr. Merritt serves as an Independent Director at Dragoneer Grow...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Doug 's total compensation ($USD15.71M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD10.55M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Doug 's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
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CEO, President & Director | 5.17yrs | US$15.71m | 0.14% $ 39.3m | |
Senior VP & CFO | 1.67yrs | US$17.49m | 0.0066% $ 1.8m | |
Senior VP & CTO | 4yrs | US$8.80m | 0.063% $ 17.5m | |
Senior VP | 4yrs | US$6.47m | 0.042% $ 11.7m | |
Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer | 0.33yr | US$9.34m | 0.085% $ 23.6m | |
Chief Accounting Officer | 1.33yrs | no data | 0.014% $ 3.8m | |
Chief Information Officer | no data | no data | no data | |
Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer | 1.92yrs | no data | no data | |
Chief People Officer | 1yr | no data | no data | |
Senior Vice President of Global Affairs | 2.33yrs | US$5.02m | no data | |
Senior Vice President | no data | no data | no data |
1.9yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: SPLK's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
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CEO, President & Director | 5.17yrs | US$15.71m | 0.14% $ 39.3m | |
Board Advisor | 13.33yrs | no data | no data | |
Independent Director | 8yrs | US$300.92k | 0.024% $ 6.6m | |
Independent Non-Executive Chairman | 1.83yrs | US$335.42k | 0.019% $ 5.3m | |
Independent Director | 13.42yrs | US$309.36k | 0.043% $ 11.9m | |
Independent Director | 7.75yrs | US$301.70k | 0.018% $ 4.9m | |
Independent Director | 6.33yrs | US$290.92k | 0.0094% $ 2.6m | |
Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data |
7.8yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SPLK's board of directors are considered experienced (7.8 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 3.7%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Splunk Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Splunk Inc.
- Ticker: SPLK
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 2003
- Industry: Application Software
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: US$27.788b
- Shares outstanding: 161.72m
- Website: https://www.splunk.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Splunk Inc.
- 270 Brannan Street
- San Francisco
- California
- 94107
- United States
Listings
Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
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SPLK | NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Apr 2012 |
S0U | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Apr 2012 |
SPLK | SWX (SIX Swiss Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | CH | CHF | Apr 2012 |
0R09 | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | GB | USD | Apr 2012 |
S0U | XTRA (XETRA Trading Platform) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Apr 2012 |
SPLK * | BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) | Yes | Common Stock | MX | MXN | Apr 2012 |
S1PL34 | BOVESPA (Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo) | BDR EACH 20 REPR 1 COM NPV | BR | BRL | Oct 2020 |
Biography
Splunk Inc. develops and markets software solutions that enable organizations to gain real-time operational intelligence in the United States and internationally. The company offers Splunk Enterprise, a re...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2021/01/22 01:18 |
End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/21 00:00 |
Earnings | 2020/10/31 |
Annual Earnings | 2020/01/31 |
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