News articles about Vocera Communications (NYSE:VCRA) have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Vocera Communications earned a news sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the communications equipment provider an impact score of 46.3986056851153 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near term.
Several research firms recently commented on VCRA. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Vocera Communications from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 2nd. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Vocera Communications from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 2nd. Leerink Swann upped their price target on shares of Vocera Communications from $24.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 28th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “buy” rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Vocera Communications in a research note on Thursday, July 27th. Finally, CIBC upped their price target on shares of Vocera Communications from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $28.67.
Vocera Communications (NYSE VCRA) opened at 27.62 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $26.56 and a 200 day moving average of $24.68. The firm’s market capitalization is $803.85 million. Vocera Communications has a 1-year low of $15.34 and a 1-year high of $28.60.
Vocera Communications (NYSE:VCRA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 27th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.19) by $0.02. Vocera Communications had a negative net margin of 17.28% and a negative return on equity of 14.71%. The firm had revenue of $38.45 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $37.53 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.02 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Vocera Communications will post $0.16 earnings per share for the current year.
In other news, EVP Paul T. Johnson sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.97, for a total transaction of $99,880.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 170,134 shares in the company, valued at $4,248,245.98. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Brent D. Lang sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.90, for a total value of $129,500.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 296,527 shares of company stock worth $7,749,115. Company insiders own 6.30% of the company’s stock.
Vocera Communications Company Profile
Vocera Communications, Inc is a provider of communication solutions for mobile workers in healthcare, hospitality, energy, education and other industries. The Company’s segments include Product and Service. The Company’s solutions include the Vocera Communication System, Vocera Care Experience, Vocera Engage integration platform, smartphone applications and its Experience Innovation Network.
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