UiPath Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSE:PATH)

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors bought 94,510 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 36% compared to the average daily volume of 69,535 call options.

Insider Activity at UiPath

In other UiPath news, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.10, for a total transaction of $1,086,234.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 557,028 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,968,150.80. This trade represents a 10.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.73, for a total transaction of $707,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 28,343,585 shares in the company, valued at approximately $445,844,592.05. This trade represents a 0.16% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 832,468 shares of company stock valued at $13,668,235 in the last ninety days. 23.19% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of UiPath

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of UiPath by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,114,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $804,994,000 after purchasing an additional 1,219,057 shares in the last quarter. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd grew its position 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 worth $175,645,000 after buying an additional 4,772,244 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of UiPath by 66.4% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,004,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,148,000 after buying an additional 5,189,438 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of UiPath by 76.0% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,407,569 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,732,000 after buying an additional 4,926,341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in UiPath by 54.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 9,310,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,596,000 after acquiring an additional 3,262,930 shares in the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More UiPath News

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat Wall Street: revenue $481.1M (vs. ~$465M est.) and non‑GAAP EPS $0.30 (vs. ~$0.25). Management also provided FY and next‑quarter revenue guidance above consensus, supporting upside to near‑term top‑line expectations. UiPath Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Company forecasted full‑year revenue above expectations in its release and commentary, which helped calm concerns about growth trajectory and underpins the stock’s upside after hours. UiPath forecasts full year revenue above expectations, stock seesaws after hours
• Positive Sentiment: Product/security catalysts: UiPath rolled out agentic‑AI solutions for healthcare and announced AIUC‑1 certification for secure AI agents — developments that could accelerate enterprise adoption in regulated verticals and support longer‑term ARR expansion. UiPath (PATH) Is Up 11.9% After New Agentic AI Push Into Healthcare And Security Milestone
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call option buying (large volume of calls) signals optimistic positioning by traders ahead of/after the print. This can amplify intraday upside. Unusual options activity
• Neutral Sentiment: UiPath rescheduled its earnings Q&A session due to technical issues; management materials and the slide deck are available — minimal fundamental impact but relevant for investors wanting to review guidance/comments. UiPath Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and outlets are doing valuation checks and model tweaks ahead of (and after) the print — useful for medium‑term positioning but not an immediate catalyst on its own. UiPath (PATH) Valuation Check As Q4 Results And New Agentic AI Milestones Draw Investor Focus
• Negative Sentiment: Sector pressure: the software/infrastructure group has been weak YTD (~15% sector decline referenced), and PATH has suffered larger drawdowns (~30% in some reports). Macro/sector headwinds could cap upside despite the beat. UiPath, Inc. (PATH) Faces Pressure Amid Weak Software Infrastructure Industry Momentum

UiPath Stock Up 6.6%

PATH opened at $12.35 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $13.15 and its 200-day moving average is $13.99. UiPath has a 52-week low of $9.38 and a 52-week high of $19.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.09.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $481.11 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $464.81 million. UiPath had a net margin of 14.79% and a return on equity of 3.73%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.26 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have commented on PATH. Barclays upped their price target on UiPath from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $14.00 target price on UiPath in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of UiPath in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of UiPath from $12.00 to $14.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore lifted their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.77.

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. Its platform's embedded AI, ML, and NLP capabilities improve decisioning and information processing; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; multi-tenant platform enterprise deployment with security and governance and Automation Cloud, which enables customers to begin automating without the need to provision infrastructure, install applications, or perform additional configurations; intuitive interface and low-code, drag-and-drop functionality; signed to enable people and automations to work together; and tracks, measures, and forecasts the performance of automations, enables customers to gain powerful insights and generate key performance indicators with actionable metric.