Overall CVLT gets a fundamental rating of 6 out of 10. We evaluated CVLT against 278 industry peers in the Software industry. CVLT has an excellent profitability rating, but there are some minor concerns on its financial health. CVLT is not priced too expensively while it is growing strongly. Keep and eye on this one! This makes CVLT very considerable for growth investing!

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1. Profitability

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Valuation

5. Dividend

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

CVLT had positive earnings in the past year.
CVLT had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.
The reported net income has been mixed in the past 5 years: CVLT reported negative net income in multiple years.
CVLT had a positive operating cash flow in each of the past 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

With a decent Return On Assets value of 4.19%, CVLT is doing good in the industry, outperforming 70.50% of the companies in the same industry.
CVLT has a Return On Equity of 38.13%. This is amongst the best in the industry. CVLT outperforms 93.88% of its industry peers.
CVLT has a better Return On Invested Capital (4.83%) than 72.30% of its industry peers.
CVLT had an Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years of 12.45%. This is in line with the industry average of 10.76%.
The last Return On Invested Capital (4.83%) for CVLT is well below the 3 year average (12.45%), which needs to be investigated, but indicates that CVLT had better years and this may not be a problem.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	4.19%
ROE	38.13%
ROIC	4.83%

ROA(3y)6.71%

ROA(5y)4.16%

ROE(3y)21.64%

ROE(5y)14.04%

ROIC(3y)12.45%

ROIC(5y)10.45%

1.3 Margins

With a decent Profit Margin value of 7.32%, CVLT is doing good in the industry, outperforming 67.27% of the companies in the same industry.
CVLT's Profit Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
The Operating Margin of CVLT (7.71%) is better than 71.94% of its industry peers.
CVLT's Operating Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
Looking at the Gross Margin, with a value of 81.55%, CVLT belongs to the top of the industry, outperforming 86.33% of the companies in the same industry.
CVLT's Gross Margin has been stable in the last couple of years.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	7.71%
PM (TTM)	7.32%
GM	81.55%

OM growth 3Y12.49%

OM growth 5Y69.82%

PM growth 3Y20.53%

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-1.26%

GM growth 5Y-0.13%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

CVLT has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is just above the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is creating some value.
CVLT has more shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.
The number of shares outstanding for CVLT has been reduced compared to 5 years ago.
CVLT has no outstanding debt. Therefor its Debt/Equity and Debt/FCF ratios are 0 and belong to the best of the industry.

2.2 Solvency

CVLT has an Altman-Z score of 1.72. This is a bad value and indicates that CVLT is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.
CVLT has a Altman-Z score of 1.72. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: CVLT outperforms 44.96% of its industry peers.
CVLT has a debt to FCF ratio of 4.20. This is a neutral value as CVLT would need 4.20 years to pay back of all of its debts.
The Debt to FCF ratio of CVLT (4.20) is better than 60.43% of its industry peers.
CVLT has a Debt/Equity ratio of 4.18. This is a high value indicating a heavy dependency on external financing.
Looking at the Debt to Equity ratio, with a value of 4.18, CVLT is doing worse than 86.33% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	4.18
Debt/FCF	4.2
Altman-Z	1.72

ROIC/WACC0.44

WACC11.1%

2.3 Liquidity

CVLT has a Current Ratio of 2.53. This indicates that CVLT is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
CVLT's Current ratio of 2.53 is fine compared to the rest of the industry. CVLT outperforms 69.06% of its industry peers.
A Quick Ratio of 2.53 indicates that CVLT has no problem at all paying its short term obligations.
The Quick ratio of CVLT (2.53) is better than 69.42% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	2.53
Quick Ratio	2.53

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 20.82% over the past year.
Measured over the past years, CVLT shows a very strong growth in Earnings Per Share. The EPS has been growing by 20.11% on average per year.
The Revenue has grown by 18.63% in the past year. This is quite good.
Measured over the past years, CVLT shows a quite strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been growing by 8.21% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)20.82%

EPS 3Y13.14%

EPS 5Y20.11%

EPS Q2Q%24.47%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)18.63%

Revenue growth 3Y8.96%

Revenue growth 5Y8.21%

Sales Q2Q%19.5%

3.2 Future

The Earnings Per Share is expected to grow by 14.30% on average over the next years. This is quite good.
Based on estimates for the next years, CVLT will show a quite strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue will grow by 9.98% on average per year.

EPS Next Y9.25%

EPS Next 2Y12.55%

EPS Next 3Y14.3%

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next Year18.46%

Revenue Next 2Y15.43%

Revenue Next 3Y14.62%

Revenue Next 5Y9.98%

3.3 Evolution

Although the future EPS growth is still strong, it is not able to hold up the even more excellent growth rate of the past years.
The Revenue growth rate is accelerating: in the next years the growth will be better than in the last years.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

The Price/Earnings ratio is 21.81, which indicates a rather expensive current valuation of CVLT.
Based on the Price/Earnings ratio, CVLT is valued a bit cheaper than 71.58% of the companies in the same industry.
CVLT's Price/Earnings ratio indicates a valuation a bit cheaper than the S&P500 average which is at 28.60.
Based on the Price/Forward Earnings ratio of 19.43, the valuation of CVLT can be described as rather expensive.
Based on the Price/Forward Earnings ratio, CVLT is valued a bit cheaper than 73.38% of the companies in the same industry.
CVLT is valuated rather cheaply when we compare the Price/Forward Earnings ratio to 25.83, which is the current average of the S&P500 Index.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	21.81
Fwd PE	19.43

4.2 Price Multiples

CVLT's Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio is a bit cheaper when compared to the industry. CVLT is cheaper than 63.31% of the companies in the same industry.
78.78% of the companies in the same industry are more expensive than CVLT, based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	18.91
EV/EBITDA	39.62

4.3 Compensation for Growth

The high PEG Ratio(NY), which compensates the Price/Earnings for growth, indicates an expensive valuation of the company.
The decent profitability rating of CVLT may justify a higher PE ratio.
A more expensive valuation may be justified as CVLT's earnings are expected to grow with 14.30% in the coming years.