SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) released its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01, FiscalAI reports. The company had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 14.95% and a negative net margin of 43.04%. SentinelOne updated its FY 2027 guidance to 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance to 0.010-0.020 EPS.

SentinelOne Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of NYSE:S traded down $0.35 during trading on Thursday, hitting $13.81. 12,705,218 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,280,936. SentinelOne has a 52-week low of $12.23 and a 52-week high of $21.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $13.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.84. The company has a market cap of $4.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.05 and a beta of 0.77.

Insider Transactions at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, CFO Barbara A. Larson sold 11,173 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.82, for a total transaction of $165,583.86. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 539,372 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,993,493.04. The trade was a 2.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark S. Peek purchased 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $14.89 per share, with a total value of $595,600.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 120,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,786,800. This trade represents a 50.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock worth $2,869,591 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in SentinelOne by 78.6% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 31,653 shares of the company’s stock worth $475,000 after purchasing an additional 13,931 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 50.3% during the 4th quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 23,615 shares of the company’s stock worth $354,000 after acquiring an additional 7,898 shares in the last quarter. Compound Planning Inc. purchased a new position in SentinelOne in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $167,000. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in SentinelOne by 12.1% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 401,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,021,000 after acquiring an additional 43,241 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 97.5% in the 4th quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 113,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,680,000 after purchasing an additional 55,798 shares during the period. 90.87% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on S shares. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Wedbush cut their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 5th. Citizens Jmp set a $23.00 target price on SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $21.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $21.05.

Key SentinelOne News

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management issued materially stronger guidance for Q1 FY2027 (EPS 0.010–0.020 vs. consensus -0.180) and FY2027 (EPS 0.320–0.380 vs. consensus -0.640); that upside surprise to profitability expectations is the main positive catalyst. Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Reported Q4 EPS of $0.07, beating the $0.06 consensus; company also highlighted surpassing $1B revenue and achieving full‑year operating profitability — evidence of improving unit economics. BusinessWire Release
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 revenue was $271.15M, essentially in line with the $271.18M consensus and within the guided Q1 revenue range ($276M–$278M), so top-line growth did not accelerate enough to fully satisfy growth-focused investors. Quarterly Report
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains mixed: average consensus is a “Moderate Buy” with wide-ranging price targets, leaving reaction to the beat/guidance splitated among investors. MarketBeat Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Industry commentary raised caution — articles noting a cooling endpoint market increase investor sensitivity to any revenue slowdown, which can pressure multiples for cybersecurity names. Investing.com Article
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders (including CEO and senior officers) sold shares recently; while disclosed sales can be routine, multiple large dispositions often create near‑term selling pressure. SEC Form 4 (CEO sale)
• Negative Sentiment: Security incidents in the broader networking/security landscape (e.g., FortiGate intrusions) keep investors focused on competitive and product efficacy risks for endpoint/security vendors. Industry Security Article

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.