Wedbush Reaffirms “Outperform” Rating for SentinelOne (NYSE:S)

SentinelOne (NYSE:S)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by equities research analysts at Wedbush in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $20.00 price objective on the stock. Wedbush’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 43.63% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $20.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on SentinelOne from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and issued a $21.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on SentinelOne from $19.00 to $16.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $20.36.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE S traded up $0.15 during trading on Friday, hitting $13.93. 6,353,041 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,246,066. SentinelOne has a 12-month low of $12.23 and a 12-month high of $21.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $13.92 and a 200-day moving average price of $15.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion, a PE ratio of -11.14 and a beta of 0.77.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.01. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 43.04% and a negative return on equity of 14.95%. The firm had revenue of $271.15 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.18 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.04 earnings per share. SentinelOne’s quarterly revenue was up 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at SentinelOne

In related news, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 51,595 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.12, for a total transaction of $780,116.40. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,145,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,321,592.96. This represents a 4.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Barbara A. Larson sold 11,173 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.82, for a total value of $165,583.86. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 539,372 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,993,493.04. This trade represents a 2.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 203,034 shares of company stock valued at $2,869,591. Corporate insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Caprock Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of SentinelOne by 2,275.2% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 7,749,446 shares of the company’s stock valued at $116,242,000 after purchasing an additional 7,423,177 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in SentinelOne by 93.4% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,212,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,182,000 after buying an additional 3,965,519 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in SentinelOne during the 4th quarter worth approximately $54,770,000. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in SentinelOne by 38.1% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 13,146,797 shares of the company’s stock valued at $197,202,000 after buying an additional 3,624,707 shares during the period. Finally, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of SentinelOne in the fourth quarter worth $35,781,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

SentinelOne News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 reported EPS beat and company milestones — SentinelOne posted $0.07 EPS (above the $0.06 consensus), revenue roughly matched expectations, grew ~20% YoY, surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue and said it achieved full-year operating profitability, all of which support a longer-term growth/profitability story. SentinelOne Announces Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal-Year-2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Aggressive forward EPS guidance vs. street — Management raised Q1 FY27 EPS guidance to $0.01–$0.02 (consensus was around -$0.18) and FY27 EPS to $0.320–$0.380 (consensus deeply negative). This swing to positive EPS guidance materially improves the company’s near-to-medium-term profitability outlook. Press Release / Slide Deck
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/media coverage of the beat — Coverage (Zacks/MarketBeat) highlights the EPS beat and improving margins, which can support sentiment if management executes on guidance. Zacks: Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call/transcript available — Full Q4 call transcript provides detail on product adoption, churn, and GTM execution; useful for parsing how management justifies guidance and margin trajectory. Earnings Call Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry-security incidents — Recent FortiGate/AD compromise stories underscore persistent demand for endpoint/EDR solutions, a structural positive for vendors but not a direct SentinelOne win yet. FortiGate Edge Intrusions
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and Reuters note on cautious stance — Some outlets (Barron’s/Reuters) flagged that the stock fell after earnings and that SentinelOne signaled a cautious near-term profit forecast amid stiff competition and a finance leadership transition, which raises execution risk. Reuters: Quarterly profit forecast falls short
• Negative Sentiment: Sector headwinds — Analysis that the endpoint market is cooling increases the risk that growth could moderate, pressuring multiples if re-acceleration doesn’t materialize. Investing.com: Endpoint market cools
• Negative Sentiment: CEO rhetoric vs. large competitors — Strong public comments (e.g., CEO calling out Microsoft vulnerabilities) can draw attention to competitive positioning but may also heighten scrutiny and competitive pushback. 247WallSt: CEO: Microsoft has more vulnerabilities

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.