SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Trading Up 5.2% Following Better-Than-Expected Earnings

SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S) shares shot up 5.2% during trading on Friday following a better than expected earnings announcement. The stock traded as high as $14.49 and last traded at $14.5030. 12,258,765 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 46% from the average session volume of 8,370,354 shares. The stock had previously closed at $13.78.

The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.01. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 45.02% and a negative return on equity of 14.80%. The firm had revenue of $271.15 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $271.18 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.04 EPS. The company’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.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on S. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $24.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $19.00 price target on SentinelOne and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on SentinelOne from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on SentinelOne from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, SentinelOne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $19.43.

Insider Activity at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 51,595 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 $17,321,592.96. The trade was a 4.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Robin Tomasello sold 10,163 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 400,871 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,536,028.51. This represents a 2.47% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 203,034 shares of company stock valued at $2,869,591 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in SentinelOne by 37.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,104,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,758,000 after purchasing an additional 853,508 shares in the last quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC boosted 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 worth $42,258,000 after purchasing an additional 437,724 shares in the last quarter. Caprock Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of SentinelOne in the 3rd quarter worth about $6,153,000. M & L Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of SentinelOne during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,338,000. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its position in shares of SentinelOne by 30.7% during the 3rd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 3,528,727 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,141,000 after purchasing an additional 828,727 shares during the last quarter. 90.87% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

SentinelOne Trading Up 5.2%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $13.92 and a two-hundred day moving average of $15.82. The company has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a PE ratio of -10.66 and a beta of 0.77.

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.