Market Update (NYSE:EMC): RSA® Security Analytics Adds Real-Time Behavior Analytics

[PR Newswire] – RSA, The Security Division of EMC (EMC), today announced that RSA® Security Analytics now offers a real-time behavior analytics engine that is designed to expedite detection of advanced attack activities. RSA Security Analytics’ new real-time behavior analytics engine is designed to identify specific anomalous activities and behaviors and creates incidents for investigation, without the need for data scientists. Leveraging deep packet-level visibility and data science techniques to spot behaviors such as compromised systems and the use of covert channel communications, security teams can detect sophisticated threats faster. Read more on this. EMC Corporation (EMC) , valued at $51.26B, began trading this morning at $26.24. Looking at the stock, its one day range is $26.15 to $26.46 with a trailing 52-week range being $22.66 to $28.87. EMC shares are currently priced at 13.87x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 7.05x earnings multiple. The company pays shareholders $0.46 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.77%. Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 30 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $0.33 per share, which would be $0.02 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.03 sequential decrease. What we find to be interesting is that the full-year EPS estimate of $1.87 is a $0.05 improvement when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $5.64 Billion. If reported, that would be a 0.53% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Maxim Group upgraded EMC from Hold to Buy (Jan 28, 2016). Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded EMC from Outperform to Market Perform. The average price target for EMC shares by the analysts covering the stock is $28.52, which is 8.69% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:EMC) Similar Articles: Market Update (NYSE:ORCL): Oracle Business Intelligence 12c Helps Organizations Boost Their Digital Transformation Through Agile Visual Analytics Stock Update: Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) – Salesforce Delivers 2015 State of Analytics Report, Uncovers Top Trends Driving the Future of Analytics Market Update (NYSE:EMC): Dell buying EMC in $67 billion bet on data storage