UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $13.7143.

PATH has been the subject of several research reports. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on shares of UiPath from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 8th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of UiPath in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Zacks Research lowered shares of UiPath from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on UiPath from $12.50 to $13.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of UiPath in a research note on Thursday, October 30th.

UiPath Price Performance

UiPath stock opened at $14.37 on Wednesday. UiPath has a 12-month low of $9.38 and a 12-month high of $18.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.63 billion, a PE ratio of 478.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.25 and a beta of 1.09. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $14.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $12.83.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 4th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. UiPath had a return on equity of 1.28% and a net margin of 1.35%.The firm had revenue of $361.73 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $347.36 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.04 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. UiPath has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts forecast that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 122,734 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.89, for a total value of $1,827,509.26. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 613,670 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,137,546.30. This trade represents a 16.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 240,874 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.28, for a total value of $4,162,302.72. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 696,117 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,028,901.76. The trade was a 25.71% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 2,319,002 shares of company stock valued at $34,094,875 in the last quarter. 23.19% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UiPath

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PATH. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in UiPath by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 48,061,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $495,029,000 after purchasing an additional 1,396,972 shares during the period. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd grew its holdings in shares of UiPath by 53.3% during the second quarter. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd now owns 13,722,244 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,645,000 after buying an additional 4,772,244 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of UiPath by 76.0% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,407,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,732,000 after buying an additional 4,926,341 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its position in UiPath by 40.7% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 8,048,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,019,000 after buying an additional 2,328,225 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its stake in UiPath by 5.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,032,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,814,000 after acquiring an additional 378,851 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 62.50% of the company’s stock.

UiPath Company Profile

UiPath Inc provides an end-to-end automation platform that offers a range of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions primarily in the United States, Romania, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers a suite of interrelated software to build, manage, run, engage, measure, and govern automation within the organization.