Dynatrace, Inc. (NYSE:DT) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Dynatrace, Inc. (NYSE:DT) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty-five analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nineteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $53.48.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of Dynatrace from $57.00 to $43.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Raymond James Financial restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Dynatrace in a research note on Monday, February 9th. TD Cowen decreased their target price on shares of Dynatrace from $65.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $50.00 target price on shares of Dynatrace in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $51.00 price target on shares of Dynatrace in a report on Monday, February 9th.

Insider Transactions at Dynatrace

In other Dynatrace news, EVP Stephen A. Mcmahon bought 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $35.75 per share, for a total transaction of $107,250.00. Following the purchase, the executive vice president owned 3,454 shares in the company, valued at approximately $123,480.50. This trade represents a 660.79% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Dynatrace

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in DT. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 2.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 32,142,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,557,324,000 after purchasing an additional 739,895 shares during the last quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its holdings in Dynatrace by 16.5% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 14,648,533 shares of the company’s stock worth $634,985,000 after purchasing an additional 2,076,990 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Dynatrace by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,664,357 shares of the company’s stock worth $462,193,000 after buying an additional 101,994 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 9.0% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 7,999,919 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,716,000 after acquiring an additional 659,792 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 0.9% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 7,919,446 shares of the company’s stock worth $383,697,000 after acquiring an additional 73,827 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.28% of the company’s stock.

Dynatrace Stock Down 2.7%

DT stock opened at $38.01 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $37.88 and a 200 day moving average of $43.66. The firm has a market cap of $11.34 billion, a PE ratio of 62.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.82. Dynatrace has a twelve month low of $32.83 and a twelve month high of $57.55.

Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The company reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. Dynatrace had a return on equity of 9.75% and a net margin of 9.55%.The business had revenue of $515.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $506.31 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.37 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Dynatrace has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.670-1.690 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.390 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Dynatrace will post 0.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Dynatrace declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, February 9th that permits the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Dynatrace Company Profile

Dynatrace is a global software intelligence company specializing in application performance management (APM), cloud infrastructure monitoring, and digital experience management. Its flagship offering, the Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform, leverages artificial intelligence to provide real-time observability across distributed environments, including on-premises data centers, private clouds, public clouds and hybrid deployments. Organizations rely on Dynatrace to detect anomalies, troubleshoot performance issues and optimize end-user experiences through automated root-cause analysis powered by the company’s engine, Davis.

The Dynatrace platform comprises modules for full-stack application monitoring, digital experience monitoring, infrastructure monitoring and business analytics.