SolarWinds (SWI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SolarWinds Corporation provides information technology (IT) management software products in the United States and internationally. It provides a suite of network management software that offers real-time visibility into network utilization and bandwidth, as well as the ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems; and a suite of infrastructure management products, which monitors and analyzes the performance of applications and their supporting infrastructure, including servers, physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure, storage, and databases. The company also provides automated network configuration, log and event management, security information and event management, access rights management, identity monitoring, server configuration monitoring and patching, and secure gateway and file transfer products; a suite of application performance management software that enables visibility into log data, cloud infrastructure metrics, applications, tracing, and digital experiences; and service management software that offers ITIL-compliant service desk solutions for various companies. In addition, it offers a suite of database performance management software that monitors, analyzes, diagnoses, and optimizes database performance and operations for the Microsoft data platform, as well as other database management system platforms; traditional, open-source, and cloud-native databases hosted on-premises, in the cloud, and hybrid models. It markets and sells its products directly to network and systems engineers, database administrators, storage administrators, DevOps, SecOps, and service desk professionals. The company was formerly known as SolarWinds Parent, Inc. and changed its name to SolarWinds Corporation in May 2018. SolarWinds Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.11 to $14.69
• 50-Day Range: $12.44 to $14.84
• 52-Week Range: $10.14 to $14.94
• Volume: 1.55 million shs
• Average Volume: 568,499 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.46 billion
• P/E Ratio: 65.68
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $15.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

SolarWinds Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SolarWinds scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 293rd out of 652 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

SolarWinds has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SolarWinds has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.41%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SolarWinds are expected to grow by 5.41% in the coming year, from $0.74 to $0.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SolarWinds is 65.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 115.29.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SolarWinds is 65.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 245.34.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SolarWinds has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.74% of the float of SolarWinds has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SolarWinds has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SolarWinds has recently increased by 11.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

SolarWinds does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

SolarWinds does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of SolarWinds is 681.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, SolarWinds will have a dividend payout ratio of 192.31% in the coming year. This indicates that SolarWinds may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.73

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.74% of the float of SolarWinds has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SolarWinds has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SolarWinds has recently increased by 11.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.81

News Sentiment

SolarWinds has a news sentiment score of 0.81. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for SolarWinds this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for SWI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added SolarWinds to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SolarWinds insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,703,780.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.95% of the stock of SolarWinds is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.96% of the stock of SolarWinds is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SWI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SWI shares performed this year?

SolarWinds' stock was trading at $12.49 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SWI stock has increased by 15.7% and is now trading at $14.45.
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How were SolarWinds' earnings last quarter?

SolarWinds Co. (NYSE:SWI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The software maker reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.02. The firm's revenue was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

When did SolarWinds' stock split?

Shares of SolarWinds reverse split on the morning of Monday, August 2nd 2021. The 1-2 reverse split was announced on Monday, July 26th 2021. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Friday, July 30th 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 50 shares after the split.

Does SolarWinds have any subsidiaries?

SolarWinds subsidiaries include Monalytic, SetryOne, VividCortex Inc, Passportal, Samanage, 8MAN, Trusted Metrics, and others.

When did SolarWinds IPO?

SolarWinds (SWI) raised $756 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, October 19th 2018. The company issued 42,000,000 shares at a price of $17.00-$19.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Citigroup, Evercore ISI, Jefferies, Macquarie Capital, BofA Merrill Lynch, Nomura, RBC Capital Markets, JMP Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Mischler Financial Group, Robert W. Baird, Samuel A. Ramirez and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Who are SolarWinds' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of SolarWinds include State Street Corp (1.29%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.76%), Wellington Management Group LLP (0.66%) and Harber Asset Management LLC (0.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Jason Bliss.
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How do I buy shares of SolarWinds?

Shares of SWI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of SolarWinds own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that SolarWinds investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/31/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SWI
• CUSIP: 83416B10
• CIK: 1428669
• Web: www.solarwinds.com
• Phone: (512) 682-9300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,103
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $15.00
• High Stock Price Target: $20.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.17
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 65.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.53
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-9,110,000.00
• Net Margins: 4.93%
• Pretax Margin: 10.35%
• Return on Equity: 7.96%
• Return on Assets: 3.39%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.88
• Current Ratio: 0.71
• Quick Ratio: 0.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $784.73 million
• Price / Sales: 3.14
• Cash Flow: $0.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.98
• Book Value: $8.70 per share
• Price / Book: 1.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 170,572,000
• Free Float: 167,246,000
• Market Cap: $2.46 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96