Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) Price Target Raised to $75.00

Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) had its price target upped by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $70.00 to $75.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Needham & Company LLC’s price target points to a potential upside of 40.24% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on SYM. Northland Securities increased their target price on shares of Symbotic from $56.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Symbotic in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of Symbotic in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Symbotic from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, November 30th. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $47.00 price target on shares of Symbotic in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Symbotic has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $57.14.

Symbotic Stock Down 4.7%

SYM stock opened at $53.48 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $31.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -356.53, a PEG ratio of 15.92 and a beta of 2.13. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $63.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $60.26. Symbotic has a 52 week low of $16.32 and a 52 week high of $87.88.

Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $629.99 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $622.58 million. Symbotic had a negative net margin of 0.75% and a negative return on equity of 3.89%. Symbotic’s revenue was up 29.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.03) EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Symbotic will post 0.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Symbotic

In other news, Director Merline Saintil sold 9,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.72, for a total transaction of $762,480.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 68,413 shares in the company, valued at $5,795,949.36. This trade represents a 11.63% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Svf Sponsor Iii (De) Llc sold 3,500,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.21, for a total value of $186,235,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 5,590,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $297,443,900. This trade represents a 38.50% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 7,145,878 shares of company stock worth $381,770,290 over the last three months. Insiders own 8.16% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Symbotic by 47.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,932,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,463,000 after purchasing an additional 2,237,137 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in Symbotic by 22.3% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,105,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,601,000 after buying an additional 201,547 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in Symbotic by 23.1% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 726,411 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,122,000 after buying an additional 136,111 shares during the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Symbotic by 32.4% during the third quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 589,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,795,000 after buying an additional 144,389 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Symbotic by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 551,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,419,000 after buying an additional 4,892 shares during the last quarter.

More Symbotic News

Here are the key news stories impacting Symbotic this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 top-line and adjusted profitability beat: Symbotic reported roughly $630M in revenue (≈+29% YoY) and adjusted EBITDA improved sharply to $67M, returning to GAAP net income vs a loss a year earlier — evidence of accelerating scale and operating leverage. Symbotic Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Raised Q2 revenue guidance: Management issued a $650M–$670M Q2 revenue target, above the consensus (~$644M), signaling continued demand for automation deployments and supporting near-term growth expectations. Symbotic outlines $650M–$670M Q2 revenue target
• Positive Sentiment: Sector tailwinds and TAM expansion: Analysts and commentators highlight accelerating warehouse automation demand — notably Amazon’s efficiency push — which could expand Symbotic’s opportunity set beyond current customers. That narrative supports a higher valuation if execution continues. Symbotic: Amazon Will Force The Automation Hand
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call and details released: Management hosted its Q1 call and posted slides/transcript; these provide color on backlog, deployment cadence and acquisition integration that investors will parse for sustainability of margins and revenue growth. Symbotic Inc. (SYM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: GAAP EPS variability / mixed per-share metrics: Reported GAAP EPS was modest (reported $0.02 in some reports) and missed certain consensus figures, creating short-term disappointment despite strong revenue and adjusted profits — a driver of volatility. Symbotic Q1 EPS and results summary
• Negative Sentiment: Customer concentration risk: Commentary and analysis note heavy revenue concentration (historically >80% from Walmart), which raises execution and revenue-risk if large customers slow deployments. Symbotic: Amazon Will Force The Automation Hand
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and major-shareholder selling: Recent disclosures show significant insider/large-holder sales (including SoftBank-related blocks and individual insider sales), which can pressure sentiment even as institutional ownership changes. QuiverQuant: SYM stock reaction and insider activity

Symbotic Company Profile

Symbotic Inc (NASDAQ: SYM) is a provider of advanced warehouse automation and robotics systems designed to improve throughput, space utilization and labor productivity in distribution centers and fulfillment operations. The company develops integrated hardware and software solutions that automate the storage, retrieval, sorting and palletizing of goods, positioning itself as a systems integrator for material handling challenges faced by large-scale retailers, wholesalers and third-party logistics providers.

Products and services typically include autonomous robotic vehicles and shuttle systems, automated storage-and-retrieval equipment, robotic picking and palletizing cells, conveyors and sortation, together with control and management software that coordinates fleet operations and inventory flow.