SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Price Target Raised to $26.00

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) had its price target increased by Needham & Company LLC from $20.00 to $26.00 in a report published on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on S. Bank of America raised SentinelOne from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $16.00 to $20.00 in a report on Friday, May 29th. Raymond James Financial cut SentinelOne from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $18.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Wolfe Research set a $20.00 price objective on SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, May 29th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on SentinelOne from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 17th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on SentinelOne from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $23.09.

SentinelOne Price Performance

Shares of NYSE S opened at $21.56 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.33 and a 200 day simple moving average of $16.31. The firm has a market cap of $7.39 billion, a PE ratio of -21.35 and a beta of 0.79. SentinelOne has a 1 year low of $11.81 and a 1 year high of $23.95.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.01. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 30.95% and a negative return on equity of 15.66%. The firm had revenue of $291.98 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $290.24 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.22) EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.300-0.320 EPS and its Q3 2027 guidance at 0.080-0.090 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that SentinelOne will post -0.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 53,811 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.08, for a total value of $1,080,524.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,840,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,958,966.88. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Ana G. Pinczuk sold 6,230 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.09, for a total value of $125,160.70. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 737,716 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,820,714.44. This trade represents a 0.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last quarter, insiders sold 423,705 shares of company stock valued at $7,369,527. 4.27% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of S. Woodline Partners LP acquired a new stake in shares of SentinelOne in the 1st quarter worth about $382,000. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new position in SentinelOne during the 1st quarter valued at about $346,000. Prudential Financial Inc. increased its holdings in SentinelOne by 28.4% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 21,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after purchasing an additional 4,680 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 540.3% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after purchasing an additional 3,593 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi raised its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 7.9% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 170,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,083,000 after purchasing an additional 12,495 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting SentinelOne

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SentinelOne reported fiscal Q2 2027 adjusted earnings of $0.08 per share, above the $0.07 consensus estimate, while revenue increased 20.6% year over year to approximately $292 million. Platform adoption, upmarket customer wins, AI-security demand and improved operating leverage supported the results. SentinelOne Q2 Earnings Beat as Platform Growth Drives Outlook Raise
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised or reaffirmed its fiscal 2027 outlook, targeting approximately $1.202 billion to $1.207 billion in revenue and $124 million to $128 million in operating income. Its third-quarter revenue forecast was broadly in line with expectations, while projected EPS was above the cited consensus. SentinelOne Fiscal 2027 Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their price targets following the results. Scotiabank, TD Cowen, Needham, Canaccord Genuity, Citizens JMP and Cantor Fitzgerald moved targets as high as $26, while maintaining bullish or outperform ratings. SentinelOne Analysts Increase Their Forecasts After Q2 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call-option activity indicates some traders are positioning for additional upside, although options activity is not a fundamental measure.
• Neutral Sentiment: Citigroup raised its target to $23 but retained a neutral rating, reflecting a more cautious view than the broader analyst response. Benzinga Analyst Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Investors focused on a trimmed or less compelling full-year profit outlook despite the revenue beat and record operating margin. The mixed guidance overshadowed the earnings performance and contributed to the stock’s decline. SentinelOne Slides as Profit Guide Weighs
• Negative Sentiment: Execution concerns remain: large-customer and annual recurring revenue growth decelerated, gross margin contracted amid competition, and the company continues to report substantial net losses. SentinelOne Stay On The Sidelines

SentinelOne Company Profile

SentinelOne, Inc is a cybersecurity company specializing in AI-driven, autonomous endpoint protection. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the firm developed its Singularity Platform to unify prevention, detection, response, and hunting across endpoints, cloud workloads, containers and IoT devices. SentinelOne’s solutions leverage machine learning and behavioral analytics to identify threats in real time, automate remediation workflows and deliver forensics to support rapid incident response.

The company’s flagship product suite includes endpoint security agents, cloud workload protection, identity threat detection and extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities.