MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 8.27
Dividend & Yield0.22£ (4.28%)
Beta 1.84
Market capitalization 1.76B
Operating cash flow 250.7M
ESG Scores 17.4

Company description

Micro Focus International plc operates in the enterprise software business in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Canada, France, Japan, and internationally. It offers infrastructure software products that are managed on a portfolio. The company's product portfolio includes sector-agnostic products, such as application modernization and connectivity solutions that help customers to unlock the value from core business applications for modernization, which enable a transformational journey to deliver ongoing value and flexibility from IT investments, on or off the mainframe; application delivery management solutions that helps customers to increase velocity, remove bottlenecks, and deliver high-performing applications to support their digital business; and IT operations management solutions for service assurance, automate the service fulfilment life cycle, and strengthen IT service governance. It also offers CyberRes, a security solution that helps enterprises to create cyber resilience through detecting threats, securing data and applications, and protecting identities, which enables customers to adapt and evolve for the future; and information management and governance solutions that helps customers to analyze, understand, and control data to derive value and manage enterprise risk. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Newbury, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Technology - Industry: Software—Infrastructure

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.02
Working Capital-9.19
Return On Equity-0.15
Debt To Equity1.6
Fixed Asset Ratio0.51
Fixed Interest Cover-0.08

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-10-31 2019-10-31 2020-10-31 2021-10-31
Change To Liabilities 175.13M -208.9M -165.5M 53.7M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities 119.2M 2.08B -89.2M -75.9M
Net Borrowings 527.27M -225.5M -179M -193.6M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -428.73M -3.01B -198.2M -301.5M
Change To Operating Activities -94M -14.8M 8.8M 14.1M
Issuance Of Stock 3.87M 3.1M 2.6M 400k
Net Income 522.67M 1.47B -2.97B -424.4M
Change In Cash 313.27M -265.2M 381.5M -178.8M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 10.2M -1.8M -9.3M -2M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 614.53M 661.8M 678.2M 200.6M
Depreciation 687.93M 783M 532.8M 749.2M
Change To Account Receivables -272.53M 156.5M 251.6M -195.2M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -150.6M -1M -21.8M
Change To Netincome -445M -1.57B 2.7B -345M
Capital Expenditures -26.73M -56.3M -26.3M -17.7M

Income Statement 2018-10-31 2019-10-31 2020-10-31 2021-10-31
Research Development 442.27M 491.7M 512.7M 522.2M
Income Before Tax 22.73M -34.1M -2.94B -517.8M
Net Income 522.67M 1.47B -2.97B -424.4M
Selling General Administrative 1.29B 1.57B 1.44B 1.62B
Gross Profit 2.34B 2.57B 2.3B 2.13B
Ebit 608.53M 513.8M 348.6M -19.8M
Operating Income 608.53M 513.8M 348.6M -19.8M
Interest Expense -224.4M -264.2M -271M -248.9M
Income Tax Expense -448.73M -16M 34.2M -82.7M
Total Revenue 3.17B 3.35B 3B 2.9B
Cost Of Revenue 824.87M 777.3M 698.7M 773.7M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -585.8M -547.9M -3.29B -498M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 471.47M -18.1M -2.97B -435.1M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 522.67M 1.47B -2.97B -424.4M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-10-31 2019-10-31 2020-10-31 2021-10-31
Total Liabilities 8.99B 8.02B 7.93B 7.53B
Total Stockholder Equity 7.79B 6.28B 3.22B 2.82B
Other Current Liabilities 1.8B 1.21B 1.21B 1.22B
Total Assets 16.78B 14.29B 11.15B 10.35B
Common Stock 65.8M 47.2M 47.3M 47.4M
Other Current Assets 1.14B 19.3M 27.9M 403.3M
Retained Earnings 3.28B 2.25B -741.3M -1.12B
Treasury Stock 4.41B 3.93B 3.86B 3.85B
Cash 620.9M 355.7M 737.2M 558.4M
Total Current Liabilities 2.45B 1.8B 1.79B 1.86B
Other Stockholder Equity 4.41B 3.93B 3.86B 3.85B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 144.3M 140.5M 300.9M 228.6M
Total Current Assets 3.06B 1.45B 1.54B 1.91B
Net Tangible Assets -5.64B -6.34B -6B -5.24B
Net Receivables 1.24B 1.02B 727.6M 905.3M
Accounts Payable 46.1M 105M 71.5M 80.9M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
LSV Asset ManagementSold at price 5.81 per share.D2022-10-201M
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-201.4M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Sold at price 5.17 per share.D2022-10-204.03k
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.Bought at price 5.81 per share.D2022-10-2026.86k
BNP Paribas SABought at price 5.81 per share.D2022-10-202.29k
Soci�t� G�n�rale S.ASold at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-202.6M
Millennium International Management LPIncrease at price 5.81 per share.D2022-10-20209.61k
Millennium International Management LPBought at price 5.79 per share.D2022-10-19177.16k
Prudential PlcSold at price 5.81 per share.D2022-10-1949.28k
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.Decrease at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-194.38k
BNP Paribas SABought at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-191.65k
BNP Paribas SASold at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-19213.93k
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Decrease at price 5.18 per share.D2022-10-1947.71k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-191.3M
LSV Asset ManagementSold at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-19797.27k
Hudson Bay Capital Management. L.P.D2022-10-1942.97k
Soci�t� G�n�rale S.ABought at price 5.83 per share.D2022-10-193.04M
State Street Global Advisors (UK) Ltd.Increase at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-1921.02k
Vanguard Group Inc.Bought at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-1911.7k
Vanguard Group Inc.Sold at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-181.61k
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Decrease at price 5.83 per share.D2022-10-183.77k
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.Bought at price 5.87 per share.D2022-10-1855.19k
BNP Paribas SAIncrease at price 5.86 per share.D2022-10-186.17M
BNP Paribas SABought at price 5.86 per share.D2022-10-182.46k
BNP Paribas SASold at price 5.86 per share.D2022-10-181.99k
Aberforth Partners LLPSold at price 5.86 per share.D2022-10-183.5M
Millennium International Management LPIncrease at price 5.83 per share.D2022-10-1885.04k
J.P. Morgan Securities PLCD2022-10-18339.99k
LSV Asset ManagementSold at price 5.87 per share.D2022-10-18824
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.86 per share.D2022-10-18853.56k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Bought at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-1737.16k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-17987.87k
Aberforth Partners LLPSold at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-17523.69k
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.Increase at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-173.34k
BNP Paribas SAD2022-10-17
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Decrease at price 6.68 per share.D2022-10-171.68k
Soci�t� G�n�rale S.ABought at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-17930
Millennium International Management LPIncrease at price 5.87 per share.D2022-10-175.06k
Morgan Stanley & Co international PlcD2022-10-172.8M
Millennium International Management LPIncrease at price 5.78 per share.D2022-10-143.02k
Morgan Stanley & Co international PlcD2022-10-14
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Decrease at price 6.45 per share.D2022-10-142.02k
Aberforth Partners LLPSold at price 5.79 per share.D2022-10-142M
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Bought at price 5.80 per share.D2022-10-1418.78k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.79 per share.D2022-10-1480.54k
Hudson Bay Capital Management. L.P.D2022-10-1425k
Soci�t� G�n�rale S.ABought at price 5.79 per share.D2022-10-141.13k
State Street Global Advisors (UK) Ltd.Sold at price 5.79 per share.D2022-10-1419.89k
State Street Global Advisors (UK) Ltd.Increase at price 5.87 per share.D2022-10-1385.93k
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.Increase at price 6.55 per share.D2022-10-1320.04k
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.Increase at price 5.88 per share.D2022-10-138.65k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -48.15% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-48.15 %

Latent gain

-2626.05 £

Invested capital

5454.05 £

Annualized return

-11.69 %
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Momentum strategy results on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -72.23% of return on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P. That represents -6305.3£ of latent gain with 8729.3£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -67.57% of return on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P. That represents -6734.0£ of latent gain with 9966.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-72.23 %

Latent gain

-6305.3 £

Invested capital

8729.3 £

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-67.57 %

Latent gain

-6734.0 £

Invested capital

9966.0 £

Annualized return

-18.56 %

Momentum equity curve on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P since the beginning:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Buy the dip entry openings on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 £

Invested capital

0.0 £

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Note: the dividends potentially given by MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P.

Equity curve comparison on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P investment comparison

Performance comparison on MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -48.15% -2626.05£ 5454.05£ -11.69%
Momentum 1 quarter -72.23% -6305.3£ 8729.3£ -18.62%
Momentum 2 quarters -67.57% -6734.0£ 9966.0£ -18.56%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-11.69 %

Momentum 1Q

-18.56 %

Momentum 2Q

-18.56 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

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Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P
Country United Kingdom
City Newbury
Address The Lawn
Phone 44 1635 565200
Website www.microfocus.com
FullTime employees 11019
Industry Software—Infrastructure
Sector Technology
Exchange XLON
Ticker MCRO.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC ORD 10P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 4.6
Peer Environment Performance 1.6194174757282
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing no

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 8.0
Peer Social Performance 9.5473786407767
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 1
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.4857142857143
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco no
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Business Ethics Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 4.8
Peer Governance Performance 6.5864077669903
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 17.4
Environment Score: 4.6
Social Score: 8.0
Governance Score: 4.8

ESG Performance: UNDER_PERF

Peer Group: Software & Services

Peer Esg Score Performance: 17.753523809524

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 17