Headlines about Imperva (NYSE:IMPV) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Imperva earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the software maker an impact score of 46.7442421421071 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
These are some of the news headlines that may have effected Accern’s scoring:
- Imperva, Inc. (NasdaqGS:IMPV) vs. Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:FCPT): A look inside the numbers - Evergreen Caller (evergreencaller.com)
- Imperva Inc (IMPV) Lowered to Sell at BidaskClub (americanbankingnews.com)
- Imperva (IMPV) and Twilio (TWLO) are Aggressive Growth Rank Buys (finance.yahoo.com)
- Imperva Inc (IMPV) Lifted to “Strong-Buy” at Zacks Investment Research (americanbankingnews.com)
- Imperva, Inc. (IMPV): How Do the Books Stack Up? - StockNewsGazette (stocknewsgazette.com)
Imperva (NYSE:IMPV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The software maker reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $74.44 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $74.30 million. Imperva had a negative return on equity of 5.00% and a negative net margin of 4.69%. The business’s revenue was up 28.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned ($0.23) EPS.
A number of research firms have recently commented on IMPV. UBS AG assumed coverage on Imperva in a research note on Tuesday, June 6th. They set a “positive” rating and a $60.00 target price on the stock. BidaskClub lowered Imperva from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Imperva from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $52.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 2nd. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price target on Imperva from $55.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $47.00 price target on shares of Imperva in a report on Friday, July 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $51.25.
In other news, CRO Michael D. Mooney sold 52,356 shares of Imperva stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.51, for a total transaction of $2,487,433.56. Following the completion of the sale, the executive now directly owns 52,356 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,487,433.56. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Sunil D. Nagdev sold 4,857 shares of Imperva stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.00, for a total transaction of $237,993.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 16,290 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $798,210. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 60,302 shares of company stock valued at $2,875,861. Insiders own 2.20% of the company’s stock.
Imperva Company Profile
Imperva, Inc provides cyber-security solutions that protect business-critical data and applications whether in the cloud or on premises. The Company is engaged in the development, marketing, sales, service and support of cyber-security solutions. The Company’s products include its Imperva SecureSphere Paltform, Imperva CounterBreach and Imperva Camouflage for enterprise data centers, and Imperva Incapsula offering for cloud-based security services.
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