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William Blair Downgrades Splunk

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Fintel reports that on September 21, 2023, William Blair downgraded their outlook for Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK) from Outperform to Market Perform.

Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 8.29% Upside

As of August 31, 2023, the average one-year price target for Splunk is 129.51. The forecasts range from a low of 106.05 to a high of $157.50. The average price target represents an increase of 8.29% from its latest reported closing price of 119.59.

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The projected annual revenue for Splunk is 4,119MM, an increase of 7.18%. The projected annual non-GAAP EPS is 2.48.

What is the Fund Sentiment?

There are 1118 funds or institutions reporting positions in Splunk. This is a decrease of 37 owner(s) or 3.20% in the last quarter. Average portfolio weight of all funds dedicated to SPLK is 0.30%, a decrease of 1.12%. Total shares owned by institutions increased in the last three months by 1.80% to 161,500K shares. The put/call ratio of SPLK is 0.74, indicating a bullish outlook.

What are Other Shareholders Doing?

H&F Corporate Investors X holds 12,800K shares representing 7.63% ownership of the company. No change in the last quarter.

Primecap Management holds 11,150K shares representing 6.65% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 11,131K shares, representing an increase of 0.17%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SPLK by 6.21% over the last quarter.

Pictet Asset Management holds 5,991K shares representing 3.57% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 6,010K shares, representing a decrease of 0.33%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SPLK by 79.70% over the last quarter.

VTSMX – Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares holds 5,169K shares representing 3.08% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 5,064K shares, representing an increase of 2.03%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SPLK by 4.20% over the last quarter.

Clearbridge Investments holds 4,306K shares representing 2.57% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 4,474K shares, representing a decrease of 3.89%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in SPLK by 0.59% over the last quarter.

Splunk Background Information
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Splunk Inc. turns data into doing with the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk technology is designed to investigate, monitor, and analyze and act on data at any scale.

This article originally appeared on Fintel

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