SentinelOne Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSE:S)

SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors purchased 21,715 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 67% compared to the average daily volume of 13,028 call options.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 90,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.47, for a total value of $1,483,947.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,251,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,616,816.60. This represents a 6.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Ric Smith sold 23,520 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.07, for a total transaction of $425,006.40. Following the sale, the insider owned 928,021 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,769,339.47. This trade represents a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 481,090 shares of company stock valued at $8,637,206 over the last three months. Insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of SentinelOne by 2.5% during the first quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 25,868 shares of the company’s stock worth $470,000 after purchasing an additional 641 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its position in SentinelOne by 25.2% during the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 3,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $63,000 after purchasing an additional 692 shares during the last quarter. Mission Creek Capital Partners Inc. raised its position in SentinelOne by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Mission Creek Capital Partners Inc. now owns 45,958 shares of the company’s stock valued at $840,000 after purchasing an additional 760 shares during the last quarter. Main Management ETF Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in SentinelOne by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Main Management ETF Advisors LLC now owns 46,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $857,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. Finally, Sapience Investments LLC grew its position in shares of SentinelOne by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Sapience Investments LLC now owns 24,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $441,000 after buying an additional 862 shares during the last quarter. 90.87% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

S has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Monday, August 25th. Morgan Stanley restated a “positive” rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on SentinelOne from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on SentinelOne from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price target on SentinelOne from $17.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.81.

SentinelOne Price Performance

Shares of NYSE S opened at $16.27 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.43 billion, a P/E ratio of -12.32 and a beta of 0.76. SentinelOne has a one year low of $15.17 and a one year high of $29.06. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $17.31 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.86.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 28th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by ($0.25). SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 47.32% and a negative return on equity of 16.24%. The business had revenue of $242.18 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $242.17 million. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.22) EPS. SentinelOne’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. SentinelOne has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About SentinelOne

SentinelOne, Inc operates as a cybersecurity provider in the United States and internationally. Its Singularity Platform delivers an artificial intelligence-powered autonomous threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities across an organization's endpoints, cloud workloads, and identify credentials, which enables seamless and autonomous protection against a spectrum of cyber threats.