Citigroup Issues Pessimistic Forecast for SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Stock Price

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) had its target price lowered by Citigroup from $18.00 to $17.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Citigroup’s price target points to a potential upside of 17.27% from the stock’s previous close.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Citizens Jmp set a $23.00 price target on shares of SentinelOne in a report on Friday, December 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $19.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $20.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of SentinelOne from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $18.00 price target on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, SentinelOne presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.43.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

NYSE S opened at $14.50 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $4.93 billion, a P/E ratio of -10.66 and a beta of 0.77. SentinelOne has a fifty-two week low of $12.23 and a fifty-two week high of $21.40. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $15.81.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last posted 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 firm had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 14.80% and a negative net margin of 45.02%.The business’s revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.04 earnings per share. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that SentinelOne will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, Director Mark S. Peek bought 40,000 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $14.89 per share, with a total value of $595,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 120,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,786,800. This represents a 50.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Robin Tomasello sold 10,163 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.81, for a total transaction of $140,351.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 400,871 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,536,028.51. The trade was a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock valued at $2,869,591. Company insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SentinelOne

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of S. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 726 shares during the period. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new position in shares of SentinelOne during the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Danske Bank A S purchased a new position in shares of SentinelOne during the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 700.8% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MAI Capital Management boosted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 121.2% in the 3rd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 1,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting SentinelOne

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.