Canaccord Genuity Group Lowers SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Price Target to $17.00

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) had its price target dropped by analysts at Canaccord Genuity Group from $23.00 to $17.00 in a report released on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group’s price target points to a potential upside of 17.27% from the company’s current price.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 price target on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on SentinelOne from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday. Citizens Jmp set a $23.00 target price on SentinelOne in a report on Friday, December 5th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $16.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.43.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

SentinelOne stock opened at $14.50 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $13.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.81. SentinelOne has a 52 week low of $12.23 and a 52 week high of $21.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.66 and a beta of 0.77.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 45.02% and a negative return on equity of 14.80%. The company’s revenue was up 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.04 EPS. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other SentinelOne news, CAO Robin Tomasello sold 10,163 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.81, for a total transaction of $140,351.03. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 400,871 shares in the company, valued at $5,536,028.51. This represents a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark S. Peek purchased 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $14.89 per share, for a total transaction of $595,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 120,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,786,800. The trade was a 50.00% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock worth $2,869,591. Insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in SentinelOne by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,532,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $547,988,000 after buying an additional 520,142 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 38.1% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 13,146,797 shares of the company’s stock valued at $197,202,000 after acquiring an additional 3,624,707 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 8,551,878 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,278,000 after acquiring an additional 346,014 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 93.4% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,212,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,182,000 after acquiring an additional 3,965,519 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Caprock Group LLC grew its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 2,275.2% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 7,749,446 shares of the company’s stock worth $116,242,000 after acquiring an additional 7,423,177 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

SentinelOne News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and company milestones: SentinelOne reported $0.07 EPS (above consensus), ~20% revenue growth, surpassed $1B in revenue and achieved full‑year operating profitability — validating longer‑term growth and margin progress. BusinessWire: Q4 results
• Positive Sentiment: Upward FY‑27 guidance: SentinelOne issued FY‑2027 EPS guidance (0.320–0.380) and Q1 EPS guidance above street expectations, shifting the narrative toward potential near‑term profitability vs prior negative consensus. Company slide deck
• Positive Sentiment: Strong analyst support pockets: Several firms reaffirmed bullish stances and high targets (Guggenheim $24, Wedbush $20, Needham maintained buy with a lower PT) that provide upside narratives for demand and platform momentum. TickerReport: analyst notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Market activity and commentary: Unusually large call‑option activity was reported and the CEO gave high‑profile media interviews emphasizing competitive positioning — both add trading volume and attention but not direct fundamentals. 247WallSt: trading action
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple price‑target cuts and neutral ratings: Several sell‑side firms trimmed targets (Canaccord 23→17, Goldman 16.5→14.5, Piper, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and others), signaling near‑term skepticism about growth/competitive margin pressure. Benzinga: analyst PT changes
• Negative Sentiment: Quarterly/near‑term caution: Reuters and other outlets highlighted that SentinelOne’s quarterly profit forecast and cautious Q1 commentary fell short of some expectations amid intense competition and a finance leadership transition — driving the initial selloff and volatility. Reuters: cautious forecast
• Negative Sentiment: Share volatility after mixed headlines: Coverage noting “stock slides despite record Q4” and analyst downgrades amplified intraday swings and short‑term risk for momentum traders. Blockonomi: stock reaction

SentinelOne Company Profile

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.