UiPath (NYSE:PATH – Free Report) had its target price reduced by Wells Fargo & Company from $14.00 to $13.00 in a report published on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. Wells Fargo & Company currently has an equal weight rating on the stock.
Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. DA Davidson raised their price objective on shares of UiPath from $12.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price target on UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of UiPath from $17.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut UiPath from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, UiPath has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $14.27.
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UiPath Stock Down 7.9%
UiPath (NYSE:PATH – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $481.11 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $464.81 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 5.95% and a net margin of 17.53%.The firm’s revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.26 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.73, for a total value of $707,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 28,343,585 shares in the company, valued at approximately $445,844,592.05. The trade was a 0.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.10, for a total transaction of $1,086,234.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 557,028 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,968,150.80. The trade was a 10.80% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 787,468 shares of company stock worth $12,862,285 in the last three months. Insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PATH. Noble Wealth Management PBC bought a new stake in shares of UiPath in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in UiPath in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of UiPath in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in UiPath in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its position in UiPath by 1,270.8% during the 4th quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 1,782 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 1,652 shares in the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
More UiPath News
Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and first full‑year GAAP profitability — Revenue $481.1M (+13% YoY) and EPS $0.30 beat consensus; ARR and margins improved, and management highlighted accelerating enterprise AI adoption. Q4 Results Release
- Positive Sentiment: Share‑repurchase program and cash generation — Company announced a new $500M buyback and reported strong free cash flow (management cited robust FCF conversion), which supports capital returns and EPS upside. Buyback & Analysis
- Positive Sentiment: Product/partner catalysts — Continued push into agentic AI (platform shift), plus an expanded strategic alliance with Deloitte to launch an Agentic ERP offering, which could accelerate enterprise adoption and upsells. Deloitte Alliance
- Neutral Sentiment: Guidance is mixed — Q1 revenue guide was roughly in line (midpoint slightly above Street) but FY‑27 revenue guidance implies materially slower growth (~10% top‑line growth), leaving investors uncertain on near‑term cadence. Guidance Coverage
- Neutral Sentiment: Options and technical activity — Unusual call buying and heavy intraday volume suggest active positioning around the print; some commentators view the pullback as a potential buying opportunity if adoption accelerates. Market Activity
- Negative Sentiment: Market reaction: shares declined after hours and into the session as the slower full‑year growth outlook offset the beat and first full‑year profit, prompting sellers. Market Reaction
- Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target trims and cautious notes — Multiple firms trimmed targets/ratings (Mizuho, TD Cowen, Truist, Wells Fargo, DA Davidson and others), increasing near‑term downside risk from sentiment and forcing re‑rating debates. Analyst Coverage
- Negative Sentiment: Short‑term risk: decelerating revenue growth expectations — Street commentary notes that agentic‑AI upside is real but may take quarters to translate into faster ARR growth and higher valuations, keeping pressure on multiple expansion near term. Barron’s Take
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.
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