SentinelOne’s (S) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Guggenheim

Guggenheim restated their buy rating on shares of SentinelOne (NYSE:S) in a research note released on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a $24.00 price objective on the stock.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on S. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Bank of America lowered their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $19.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Piper Sandler reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $17.00 target price (down from $20.00) on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Sunday, January 4th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on SentinelOne from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, SentinelOne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.43.

SentinelOne Trading Up 5.2%

Shares of NYSE:S opened at $14.50 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.66 and a beta of 0.77. SentinelOne has a 12-month low of $12.23 and a 12-month high of $21.40. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $13.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.82.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 45.02% and a negative return on equity of 14.80%. SentinelOne’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.04 earnings per share. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, CFO Barbara A. Larson sold 11,173 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.82, for a total transaction of $165,583.86. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 539,372 shares in the company, valued at $7,993,493.04. This represents a 2.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark S. Peek purchased 40,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $14.89 per share, with a total value of $595,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 120,000 shares in the company, valued at $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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock valued at $2,869,591. 4.33% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in SentinelOne by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,532,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $547,988,000 after purchasing an additional 520,142 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in SentinelOne by 38.1% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 13,146,797 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,202,000 after purchasing an additional 3,624,707 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its holdings in SentinelOne by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 8,551,878 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,278,000 after purchasing an additional 346,014 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased 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 purchasing an additional 3,965,519 shares during the period. Finally, Caprock Group LLC raised its position in SentinelOne by 2,275.2% in the 4th 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. 90.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

SentinelOne News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and company milestones: SentinelOne reported $0.07 EPS (above consensus), ~20% revenue growth, surpassed $1B in revenue and achieved full‑year operating profitability — validating longer‑term growth and margin progress. BusinessWire: Q4 results
• Positive Sentiment: Upward FY‑27 guidance: SentinelOne issued FY‑2027 EPS guidance (0.320–0.380) and Q1 EPS guidance above street expectations, shifting the narrative toward potential near‑term profitability vs prior negative consensus. Company slide deck
• Positive Sentiment: Strong analyst support pockets: Several firms reaffirmed bullish stances and high targets (Guggenheim $24, Wedbush $20, Needham maintained buy with a lower PT) that provide upside narratives for demand and platform momentum. TickerReport: analyst notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Market activity and commentary: Unusually large call‑option activity was reported and the CEO gave high‑profile media interviews emphasizing competitive positioning — both add trading volume and attention but not direct fundamentals. 247WallSt: trading action
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple price‑target cuts and neutral ratings: Several sell‑side firms trimmed targets (Canaccord 23→17, Goldman 16.5→14.5, Piper, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and others), signaling near‑term skepticism about growth/competitive margin pressure. Benzinga: analyst PT changes
• Negative Sentiment: Quarterly/near‑term caution: Reuters and other outlets highlighted that SentinelOne’s quarterly profit forecast and cautious Q1 commentary fell short of some expectations amid intense competition and a finance leadership transition — driving the initial selloff and volatility. Reuters: cautious forecast
• Negative Sentiment: Share volatility after mixed headlines: Coverage noting “stock slides despite record Q4” and analyst downgrades amplified intraday swings and short‑term risk for momentum traders. Blockonomi: stock reaction

About SentinelOne

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.