Insider Selling: UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Insider Sells $566,496.00 in Stock

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH) insider Raghavendra Malpani sold 40,464 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.00, for a total transaction of $566,496.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,582,213 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,150,982. This trade represents a 2.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

UiPath Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of PATH opened at $13.05 on Thursday. UiPath, Inc. has a 52-week low of $9.20 and a 52-week high of $19.84. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $14.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $12.23. The company has a market capitalization of $6.80 billion, a PE ratio of 19.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.02.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 3rd. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.15. UiPath had a net margin of 21.03% and a return on equity of 9.70%. The company had revenue of $410.26 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $397.77 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.15 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that UiPath, Inc. will post 0.47 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting UiPath

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UiPath introduced new workflow automation, software-testing and autonomous-testing capabilities, including expanded Test Cloud functionality designed to help enterprises automate testing at scale. The announcements strengthen the company’s positioning in AI-assisted enterprise software and could support future customer adoption. UiPath introduces new workflow automation, software testing features
• Positive Sentiment: The company launched UiPath Cartographer, a product that creates a living, governed map of how business processes operate. Management is presenting the product, along with broader platform enhancements, as a bridge between traditional process automation, agentic AI and orchestration. UiPath launches UiPath Cartographer
• Positive Sentiment: Needham reaffirmed its Buy rating and set a $22 price target, indicating significant potential upside if UiPath’s AI strategy translates into stronger growth and cash generation. UiPath analyst coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: TD Cowen maintained a Hold rating with a $16 target, while RBC analyst commentary characterized UiPath as a “show-me story.” Investors are looking for evidence that the new products can produce measurable financial results.
• Negative Sentiment: RBC cut its target from $17 to $15 and UBS reduced its target from $19 to $15, both maintaining cautious ratings. Truist also lowered its target after UiPath’s investor event did not provide new financial goals, reinforcing concerns about near-term visibility. Truist trims UiPath target
• Negative Sentiment: An insider sale of 40,464 shares by Chief Technology Officer Raghavendra Malpani, valued at approximately $566,000, added a modest sentiment headwind, although the executive retained a substantial stake. UiPath insider sale

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UiPath

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in UiPath by 26.6% during the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 33,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $368,000 after buying an additional 7,120 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in UiPath by 56.0% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 69,078 shares of the company’s stock worth $751,000 after buying an additional 24,807 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of UiPath by 3.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,832,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $150,356,000 after acquiring an additional 486,007 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of UiPath by 59.4% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 38,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $419,000 after acquiring an additional 14,361 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of UiPath by 24.4% in the second quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 794,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,632,000 after acquiring an additional 155,521 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 62.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on PATH. Barclays raised their price objective on UiPath from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 4th. Oppenheimer reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of UiPath in a research report on Friday, September 4th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on UiPath from $17.00 to $15.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings raised UiPath from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, New Street Research set a $13.00 price target on UiPath in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.38.

UiPath Company Profile

UiPath Inc (NYSE: PATH) develops enterprise automation software designed to help organizations automate repetitive, rules-based and increasingly complex business processes. Its platform combines robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, workflow orchestration and process intelligence to support automation across areas such as finance, customer service, human resources, information technology and operations.

The UiPath Platform includes tools for discovering and analyzing business processes, building and managing software robots, processing documents, testing applications and coordinating automated workflows.