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Nortonlifelock Inc. (XNAS:NLOK) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today
Primary Facts
NLOK
Name:
NortonLifeLock Inc. (XNAS:NLOK)
Sector:
257.00M
Industry:
Software�Infrastructure
CEO:
Mr. Vincent Pilette
Total Employees:
2,700
Our Technological Advancement Rating
Our Rating:
B
Technological advancement compared to industry is 13.43% higher
ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF NORTONLIFELOCK INC.(NLOK) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND SOFTWARE�INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022
Primary Targets/Price Insights
Previous Close ($) :
22.84
One Month Price Target:
$22.93
Six Month Price Target :
$23.35
Likely Price in One Year's Time:
Ticker:
$23.86
Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
$22.74
Price Upper limit ($) :
$22.95
Price Lower limit ($) :
Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)
Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:
Today:
$21.62
This week:
$20.11
This month :
$17.38
Other Primary facts
Market Cap:
12.63B
Market Cap Classification:
Mid Cap
Number of Shares
IPO Date:
571.37M
Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
Highest Daily Appreciation:
12.04%
-39.66%
Worst Daily Decline:
Our Options Trading Entry Points
Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time
Low risk (<2%) entry points
Buy Call:
Sell Call:
Buy Put:
Sell Put:
$28.51
$25.92
$17.17
$19.76
Medium risk (<10%) entry points
Buy Call
Sell Call
$25.08
Buy Put:
Sell Put:
$24.53
$20.59
$21.15
These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.
Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of
NLOK
Sharpe Ratio:
0.32%
Comparison:
NLOK, is amongst the top 40% stocks with lowest risk-adjusted returns
Sharpe ratio is -80.13% lower than the industry
& is -85.75% lower than the market/S&P 500 average
Average Returns/Yield of
NLOK
Daily returns:
0.02%
Weekly returns:
0.09%
Monthly returns:
0.35%
Yearly returns:
14.38%
Comparison of returns:
Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is -71.08% below industry average
Classification:
NLOK, is amongst the top 40% lowest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns
Results of T-Test of Returns:
0.91
Statistical test of Returns:
NLOK has yielded returns statistically similar to the market
Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)
Daily Volatility:
2.61%
Weekly Volatility:
5.84%
Monthly Volatility:
11.68%
Yearly Volatility:
40.44%
Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation)
Average Volatility of this Week:
0.77%
Volatility in last five trading days has been -70.59% below long-term volatility
Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)
Daily VaR:
-5.34%
Weekly VaR:
-11.95%
Monthly VaR:
-23.90%
How Much Can the price of
NLOK
Decline in a Recession?
Likely price decline in a recession:
Base case (decline):
-21%
Worst case (decline):
-82.79%
This translates to price declining to:
$18.06
This translates to price declining to:
$3.93
Severe Crash Probability
Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: Medium (<50%)
What is Value at Risk (VaR)?
Risk Fundamentals
NLOK is a 68.69% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 44.52% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)
Risk (measured by volatility) is -21.65% below industry average
Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks
Beta Examination of
NLOK
Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--0.66
Expected beta in 1 year's time:
0.602
Expected beta in 3 year's time:
0.851
Unlevered (debt free) Beta:
-0.144
Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):
0.445
Beta in relation to all global stocks::
0.243
Beta Comparison & Analysis
Beta of competitors/peers::
0.95
Beta is -30.04% lower than peers
Average Industry Beta:
1.112
Beta is -40.19% below industry average
Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis
Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:
-
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Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis
Alpha provided:
-0.035
Alpha is -197.99% below industry average alpha yield
Alpha is -226% below the market average
Analysis of Cost of Capital of
NLOK
Equity cost of capital:
0.077
Equity cost of capital is -28.43% below industry mean WACC
Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:
-1.67%
Before-tax cost of debt:
3.19%
After-tax cost of debt:
2.52%
Overall debt rating:
High AA grade (second highest grade)
Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):
2.52%
WACC is -39.06% below industry mean WACC
Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis
Revenue per share:
$4.89
Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):
-26.26
Annual revenue growth rate is -94.16% below industry average
EPS:
$1.41
Expected Annual growth rate of EPS (3Y):
213.46%
Expected future EPS growth rate is 608.57% higher than the Software�Infrastructure industry
Free cash flow (FCF) per share:
$1.64
Balance sheet equity growth per share: 84.88%
Equity growth rate per share is -3373.38% lower than the industry
Debt per share
$6.09
EBITDA per share
$2.29
Valuation Analysis Today of
NLOK
P/E Ratio:
15.87
P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:
55.54
P/E ratio is -71.43% lower than main peers & is -75.68% lower than the industry
Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $91.98
NLOK is -75.17% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio
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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):
4.67
Price to sales ratio is -57.50% below the industry mean
P/B (Price to book value ratio):
-26.26
Price to free cash flow: 13.93
Price to free cash flow ratio is -67.95% lower than the industry
Net income growth rate (3Y):
-49.09%
Net income growth rate is -100.58% lower than the industry average net income growth rate
Dividend Analysis
Dividend payout rate: 10.05%
Dividend yeild: 2.19%
Previous Dividend: $0.13
Previous adjusted dividend: $0.13
Previous Dividend: $0.50
Expected next dividend best case: $3.11
Expected next dividend worst case: -$2.86
Average dividend payment (long-term): $1.20
Average dividend increase/decrease (growth rate) % per period: 854.64%
Expected next dividend payment date: 20/09/2022
Expected next dividend record date: 09/06/2022
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Previous dividend payment date: 22/06/2022
Previous dividend record date: 06/08/2022
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Dividend History:
2022-06-07--$0.13
2021-11-19--$0.13
2021-06-08--$0.13
2022-02-18--$0.13
2021-08-20--$0.13
2021-02-19--$0.13
Dividend growth rate is 13009.24% higher than the average industry
In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis
Debt to equity ratio:
-700.60%
Net debt to equity ratio:
-546.08%
Debt to assets ratio:
53.04%
Net debt to assets ratio:
41.34%
Debt-to-asset ratio is -23.94% below industry average
Ability to repay debt:
Interest coverage ratio:
10.38
Interest coverage ratio is -104.92% less than industry average
Looking forward:
Debt growth rate:
5.73%
Annual debt growth is -95% lower than industry average debt growth rate
Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 9.65%
Analysis of Key Statistics
Correlation of price movement with the market:
0.313
Statistical significance of correlation:
NLOK has a statistically significant correlation with the market
Average Correlation of the industry with the market:
0.48
Stock price is -34.79% less correlated with the market compared to the industry average correlation
R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market):
0.48
Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):
0.017
Covariance of price movement with the market:
0.026
Kurtosis
79.563
Returns have severe fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are considerably more likely, compared to assets with normally distributed returns
Skewness of returns:
-4.926
Returns are left (negative) skewed; mean returns are lower than median and mode returns
Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of
NLOK
Gross Profit Margin Ratio:
342%
Operating Profit Margin Ratio:
35.94%
Operating profit margin is -402.85% lower than the industry
Net Profit Margin Ratio:
342%
Effective Tax Rate:
19.77%
Effective tax rate is -36.89% lower than the industry
Dupont Method
Net Profit Margin
Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):
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ROA
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-168.21%
Return on equity (ROE) is -257.57% lower than the industry
Financial Leverage
Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):
12.73%
Return on assets (ROA) is -436.27% lower than the industry
Financial Leverage:
2.1x
Current Ratio:
0.8
Current ratio is -65.46% below industry average
Cash Conversion Cycle (days):
-59.6
Cash conversion cycle is -152.96% below industry average
The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 1.2 years
Stock based compensation to net income ratio:
2.39%
In-depth Efficiency Analysis
Revenue generated per employee:
1.0M
Each employee generates 163% more revenue than industry average revenue per employee
EBITDA generated per employee:
484.4K
Each employee generates 641% more EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee
Profit generated per employee:
309.6K
Each employee generates 1378% more net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee
Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee:
95.2K
Each employee generates 381% more free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee
Assets/Capital per employee
1.8M
Each employee generates 381% more free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee
Research & Development (R&D) Analysis
Research & development (R&D) investment growth rate-- -18.60%
Growth rate in R&D investment/expenditure is 617.20% higher than the industry
Competitors/Peer firms of
NLOK
JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC. (XNAS:JKHY)
Open Text Corporation (XNAS:OTEX)
GDS HOLDINGS LIMITED (XNAS:GDS)
FIVE9, INC. (XNAS:FIVN)
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED (XNAS:BSY)
CREE
F5, INC. (XNAS:FFIV)
Weibo Corporation (XNAS:WB)
COGNEX CORPORATION (XNAS:CGNX)
Current Analyst Ratings
Strong buy�0%
Buy�0%
Hold�0%
Sell�0%
Strong sell�0%
Overall analyst sentiment is: -
Income Statement
Period:
TTM
Date:
4/1/22
Revenue:
2.80B
Cost of Revenue:
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Total Debt:
Net Debt:
408.00M
2.39B
253.00M
392.00M
1.01B
622.00M
85.00M
1.35B
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126.00M
140.00M
1.31B
1.01B
836.00M
1.04B
206.00M
836.00M
Statement of Cash Flow
Date:
Period:
36.00M
Differed Income Tax :
1.00M
Stock Based Compensation :
20.00M
Change in Working Capital :
3.00M
Accounts Receivables:
12.00M
Other Working Capital:
- 76000.00K
Other Non-Cash Items:
17.00M
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
258.00M
Investments in PP&E:
- 1000.00K
Net Acquisitions:
-
Purchases of Investments:
-
Sales/Maturities of Investments:
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7/2/21
2022
Q1
1.23B
15.00M
1.25B
188.00M
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353.00M
1.79B
142.00M
2.86B
1.10B
185.00M
348.00M
145.00M
4.78B
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6.57B
76.00M
462.00M
214.00M
1.18B
507.00M
2.22B
3.48B
1.16B
4.84B
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7.06B
2.05B
- 2595000.00K
49.0M
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July 2, 2021 at 6:00:00 AM
1.76B
- 497000.00K
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200.00M
3.94B
2.7B
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- 4000.00K
- 1000.00K
- 372000.00K
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500.00M
44.00M
- 4000.00K
297.00M
1.23B
933.00M
258.00M
- 1000.00K
257.00M
Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating
Our Rating:
B
Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of
NLOK
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
$23.98
$25.05
$26.17
$27.34
$28.56