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

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) had its price target dropped by stock analysts at Oppenheimer from $20.00 to $18.00 in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Oppenheimer’s target price points to a potential upside of 24.17% from the company’s current price.

S has been the topic of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on shares of SentinelOne from $19.00 to $16.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Westpark Capital reissued a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $18.00 to $17.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on shares of SentinelOne from $21.00 to $18.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Finally, Citizens Jmp set a $23.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $19.43.

SentinelOne Stock Up 5.2%

NYSE:S opened at $14.50 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $13.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $15.81. The company has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a PE ratio of -10.66 and a beta of 0.77. SentinelOne has a 52-week low of $12.23 and a 52-week high of $21.40.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 14.80% and a negative net margin of 45.02%.The company had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.18 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.04 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that SentinelOne will post -0.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at SentinelOne

In other news, Director Mark S. Peek bought 40,000 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was bought at an average price of $14.89 per share, for a total transaction of $595,600.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 120,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,786,800. The trade was a 50.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 51,595 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.12, for a total transaction of $780,116.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,145,608 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,321,592.96. The trade was a 4.31% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock worth $2,869,591 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SentinelOne

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in SentinelOne by 37.9% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,104,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,758,000 after purchasing an additional 853,508 shares during the period. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SentinelOne by 22.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 2,399,643 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,258,000 after buying an additional 437,724 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of SentinelOne in the third quarter valued at approximately $6,153,000. M & L Capital Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of SentinelOne in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,338,000. Finally, Swedbank AB grew its holdings in SentinelOne by 30.7% during the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 3,528,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,141,000 after acquiring an additional 828,727 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

Key SentinelOne News

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.