How to buy VirnetX Holding stock

VirnetX Holding Corp is a software-infrastructure business based in the US. VirnetX Holding shares (VHC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. VirnetX Holding employs 21 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

VirnetX Holding share price

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VirnetX Holding shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$3.90 - $8.24
50-day moving average	$5.57
200-day moving average	$5.75
Wall St. target price	$2.88
PE ratio	1.2321
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$3.92

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Is VirnetX Holding under- or over-valued?

Valuing VirnetX Holding stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of VirnetX Holding's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

VirnetX Holding's P/E ratio

VirnetX Holding's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 1x. In other words, VirnetX Holding shares trade at around 1x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

VirnetX Holding's EBITDA

VirnetX Holding's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $188.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a VirnetX Holding's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

VirnetX Holding financials

Revenue TTM	$302.6 million
Operating margin TTM	62.32%
Gross profit TTM	$212.5 million
Return on assets TTM	97.3%
Return on equity TTM	239.76%
Profit margin	92.66%
Book value	$3.16
Market capitalisation	$343.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting VirnetX Holding shares

There are currently 6.3 million VirnetX Holding shares held short by investors – that's known as VirnetX Holding's "short interest". This figure is 4.5% up from 6.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting VirnetX Holding shares can be evaluated.

VirnetX Holding's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

VirnetX Holding's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of VirnetX Holding shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of VirnetX Holding shares traded daily (recently around 690976.49006623). VirnetX Holding's SIR currently stands at 9.06. In other words for every 100,000 VirnetX Holding shares traded daily on the market, roughly 9060 shares are currently held short.

However VirnetX Holding's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of VirnetX Holding shares, or, against the total number of tradable VirnetX Holding shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case VirnetX Holding's short interest could be expressed as 0.09% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 VirnetX Holding shares in existence, roughly 90 shares are currently held short) or 0.0985% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable VirnetX Holding shares, roughly 99 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against VirnetX Holding.

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VirnetX Holding share dividends

We're not expecting VirnetX Holding to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have VirnetX Holding's shares ever split?

VirnetX Holding's shares were split on a 1:3 basis on 29 October 2007. So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your VirnetX Holding shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 200% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for VirnetX Holding shares which in turn could have impacted VirnetX Holding's share price.

VirnetX Holding share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, VirnetX Holding's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.9028 up to $8.24. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while VirnetX Holding's is 0.594. This would suggest that VirnetX Holding's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

VirnetX Holding overview

VirnetX Holding Corporation, through its subsidiary VirnetX, Inc. , operates as an Internet security software and technology company primarily in the United States. The company develops software and technology solutions, including secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection Technology that are designed to secure communications over the Internet, as well as enable organizations and individuals to establish communities of secure, registered users, and transmit information between various devices, networks, and operating systems. It also offers a portfolio of licenses and services, such as VirnetX technology licensing; GABRIEL Connection Technology software development kit, including object libraries, sample code, testing and quality assurance tools, and supporting documentation required for customers to implement the company's technology; secure domain name registrar service; registrar server software; connection server software; relay server software; and secure domain name master registry and connection, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides GABRIEL Collaboration Suite that enables seamless and secure cross-platform communications between users' devices. The company serves domain infrastructure and communication service providers, and system integrators; and enterprise customers, developers, and original equipment manufacturers of chips, servers, smart phones, tablets, e-Readers, laptops, net books, and other devices in the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence, and unified communications markets. VirnetX Holding Corporation was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of VirnetX Holding is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 11.55% of VirnetX Holding shares are held by insiders and 33.355% by institutions.

• How many people work for VirnetX Holding?

  Latest data suggests 21 work at VirnetX Holding.

• When does the fiscal year end for VirnetX Holding?

  VirnetX Holding's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is VirnetX Holding based?

  VirnetX Holding's address is: 308 Dorla Court, Zephyr Cove, NV, United States, 89448

• What is VirnetX Holding's ISIN number?

  VirnetX Holding's international securities identification number is: US92823T1088

• What is VirnetX Holding's CUSIP number?

  VirnetX Holding's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 693153108