SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Cut to Hold at Piper Sandler

Piper Sandler lowered shares of SentinelOne (NYSE:S) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Sunday,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of SentinelOne from $19.00 to $17.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, December 5th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $21.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 12th. UBS Group upgraded SentinelOne from a “hold” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Citizens Jmp reduced their price target on SentinelOne from $29.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, SentinelOne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $22.33.

SentinelOne Stock Up 2.5%

Shares of SentinelOne stock opened at $15.17 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $15.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.12. SentinelOne has a 12-month low of $14.43 and a 12-month high of $25.24. The firm has a market cap of $5.16 billion, a PE ratio of -12.14 and a beta of 0.77.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.02. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 43.04% and a negative return on equity of 14.95%. The company had revenue of $258.91 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $256.19 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.25) earnings per share. SentinelOne’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other SentinelOne news, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 125,429 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.09, for a total transaction of $1,892,723.61. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,093,108 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,494,999.72. This trade represents a 10.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark S. Peek bought 40,000 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $14.89 per share, with a total value of $595,600.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 120,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,786,800. This represents a 50.00% increase in their position. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 338,321 shares of company stock valued at $5,216,265. Insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Triumph Capital Management grew its position in SentinelOne by 19.3% in the 3rd quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 39,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $703,000 after purchasing an additional 6,463 shares during the period. FNY Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of SentinelOne in the 3rd quarter worth $36,000. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in shares of SentinelOne by 102.4% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,435 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 726 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc increased its position in SentinelOne by 42.4% during the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 13,599 shares of the company’s stock valued at $239,000 after acquiring an additional 4,049 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in SentinelOne in the third quarter valued at about $239,000. 90.87% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about SentinelOne

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat publishes a bullish “ultra‑deep value” thesis for SentinelOne, arguing the stock is materially undervalued relative to peers, highlighting strong secular cybersecurity demand and institutional accumulation that could support a rebound. What’s Up With SentinelOne? An Ultra-Deep Value Opportunity
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/valuation check pieces (Yahoo/MarketBeat) are prompting investors to reassess the stock after a large one‑year decline — these are framing S as a turnaround candidate but note growth/valuation risk, so they can support both buying and further selling depending on upcoming results. Is It Time To Reassess SentinelOne (S) After A 34% One-Year Share Price Decline?
• Neutral Sentiment: Fundamental/technical backdrop: high institutional ownership and a consensus that implies meaningful upside, but the stock trades below its 50‑ and 200‑day moving averages and volume today is below average — mixed signals for short‑term traders. SentinelOne (S) Valuation Check After Recent Share Price Weakness And Ongoing Growth Challenges
• Negative Sentiment: Piper Sandler downgraded SentinelOne from “strong‑buy”/overweight to “hold”/neutral, citing management changes and a lack of near‑term catalysts — a headline that can pressure sentiment and cap short‑term upside. Piper downgrades SentinelOne on management changes, lack of catalysts
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Tomer Weingarten sold shares in early January (two filings), reducing his stake — insider sales can be perceived negatively by sentiment‑driven investors even if they are routine diversification or tax/planning related. Insider trades: Tomer Weingarten

About SentinelOne

SentinelOne, Inc is a cybersecurity company specializing in AI-driven, autonomous endpoint protection. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the firm developed its Singularity Platform to unify prevention, detection, response, and hunting across endpoints, cloud workloads, containers and IoT devices. SentinelOne’s solutions leverage machine learning and behavioral analytics to identify threats in real time, automate remediation workflows and deliver forensics to support rapid incident response.

The company’s flagship product suite includes endpoint security agents, cloud workload protection, identity threat detection and extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities.