BMO Capital Markets Cuts UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Price Target to $12.50

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) had its price target decreased by BMO Capital Markets from $15.50 to $12.50 in a research note issued to investors on Friday morning, MarketBeat reports. BMO Capital Markets currently has a market perform rating on the stock.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of UiPath to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. DA Davidson assumed coverage on shares of UiPath in a report on Friday. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $12.00 price target for the company. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of UiPath from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “equal weight” rating on shares of UiPath in a report on Friday, May 30th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of UiPath from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, UiPath currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $13.25.

UiPath Stock Performance

PATH stock opened at $11.50 on Friday. UiPath has a one year low of $9.38 and a one year high of $15.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a PE ratio of 383.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.07 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a fifty day moving average of $11.76 and a 200-day moving average of $11.80.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 4th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.07. UiPath had a net margin of 1.35% and a return on equity of 1.27%. The company had revenue of $361.73 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $347.36 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.04 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. UiPath has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at UiPath

In other UiPath news, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 56,322 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.72, for a total transaction of $716,415.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 859,991 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,939,085.52. The trade was a 6.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.43, for a total transaction of $559,350.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,058,376 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,875,613.68. The trade was a 0.88% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 831,310 shares of company stock valued at $10,428,922. 23.19% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On UiPath

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in UiPath during the second quarter worth about $28,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its position in UiPath by 320.4% during the second quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 2,476 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 1,887 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its position in shares of UiPath by 198.6% in the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 2,962 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 1,970 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of UiPath by 48.0% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 969 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc raised its position in shares of UiPath by 508.0% in the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 3,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 2,743 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.