Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) Issues Q1 2027 Earnings Guidance

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) updated its first quarter 2027 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.070–0.060 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.060. The company issued revenue guidance of $197.0 million-$199.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $197.6 million. Netskope also updated its FY 2027 guidance to -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Netskope from $27.00 to $18.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. KeyCorp decreased their price target on Netskope from $17.00 to $15.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Netskope in a report on Monday, December 29th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Netskope from $26.00 to $14.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Citizens Jmp cut their price target on Netskope from $27.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Netskope currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.89.

Netskope Price Performance

NASDAQ:NTSK opened at $9.55 on Friday. Netskope has a 1-year low of $8.81 and a 1-year high of $27.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.76 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -95.50. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.17, a current ratio of 2.32 and a quick ratio of 2.32.

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $196.33 million for the quarter. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Netskope has set its Q1 2027 guidance at -0.070–0.060 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Insider Activity

In other Netskope news, CFO Matto Andrew H. Del sold 77,207 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.92, for a total transaction of $1,306,342.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 41,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $702,061.56. This trade represents a 65.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CRO Raphael Bousquet sold 3,823 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.66, for a total value of $63,691.18. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,049,721 shares of company stock valued at $18,020,279 in the last ninety days.

Netskope News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Netskope this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and strong growth — Netskope reported revenue of $196.3M (up 32% y/y) and ARR of $811M (+31% y/y); EPS beat estimates. This shows continued top‑line momentum. Q4 Results
• Positive Sentiment: New product catalyst — Netskope unveiled “Netskope One AI Security,” positioning the company as a vendor for AI‑era security, which could drive product expansion and longer‑term upside. AI Security Launch
• Neutral Sentiment: Guidance is mixed — management raised fiscal‑2027 revenue guidance to $870M–$876M (slightly above consensus) but provided a wide EPS range (FY -0.190 to 0.190) and Q1 EPS guidance that sits around/just below street expectations — a source of uncertainty for investors. Guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts remain mostly constructive but trimmed targets — brokerages largely kept Buy/Outperform/Overweight ratings while cutting price targets (examples: Oppenheimer reaffirmed Outperform at a lower $19 PT; Deutsche Bank cut its PT to $16). That keeps institutional conviction but lowers implied upside. Oppenheimer Deutsche Bank
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy price‑target cuts and sell pressure — multiple firms (BMO, RBC, Deutsche, Mizuho, etc.) lowered targets in quick succession; the cluster of downgrades/target cuts amplified selling. Analyst Reaction/Lockup
• Negative Sentiment: Market reacted sharply — coverage notes the stock fell materially after the earnings/guidance release (reported ~17.5% intraday drop), reflecting investor unease despite product and revenue positives. Market Move
• Negative Sentiment: Governance/legal overhang — a shareholder law‑firm investigation into potential claims was announced, adding another near‑term risk that can pressure sentiment. Shareholder Investigation

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Netskope

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Netskope in the third quarter valued at $41,000. Triumph Capital Management boosted its stake in Netskope by 380.0% in the 4th quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 2,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 1,900 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in Netskope by 261.7% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 3,617 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,000 after acquiring an additional 2,617 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Netskope in the 4th quarter valued at about $64,000. Finally, Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec boosted its stake in shares of Netskope by 35.3% in the 4th quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 9,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,000 after purchasing an additional 2,400 shares in the last quarter.

About Netskope

We are redefining security and networking for the era of cloud and AI. The cloud and AI have completely revolutionized work. We are more dispersed, more productive, and more automated than ever before, and the rate of change is only accelerating. Not since the internet has there been such a transformative tectonic shift. But, with it has come collateral damage-traditional security and networking are now broken. We founded Netskope to address this revolution. We built Netskope One, our unified, cloud-native platform from the ground up to solve the challenge of securing and accelerating the digital interactions of enterprises in this new era.