Mizuho Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) Stock Price

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) had its price objective cut by equities researchers at Mizuho from $20.00 to $16.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Mizuho’s target price points to a potential upside of 64.27% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. TD Cowen dropped their price target on Netskope from $30.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. KeyCorp decreased their price objective on Netskope from $24.00 to $17.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Netskope in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $26.00 target price on shares of Netskope in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on Netskope from $27.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.89.

Netskope Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of NTSK stock opened at $9.74 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $13.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.17, a current ratio of 2.32 and a quick ratio of 2.32. Netskope has a 12-month low of $8.81 and a 12-month high of $27.99. The company has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion and a P/E ratio of -97.40.

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $196.33 million during the quarter. The company’s revenue was up 32.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Netskope has set its Q1 2027 guidance at -0.070–0.060 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Insider Activity

In related news, CRO Raphael Bousquet sold 3,823 shares of Netskope stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.66, for a total value of $63,691.18. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Matto Andrew H. Del sold 77,207 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.92, for a total value of $1,306,342.44. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 41,493 shares in the company, valued at $702,061.56. The trade was a 65.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,049,721 shares of company stock worth $18,020,279 in the last quarter.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Netskope

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. New York Life Insurance Co. bought a new position in shares of Netskope in the third quarter valued at $31,236,000. Federated Hermes Inc. bought a new stake in Netskope during the third quarter worth $18,184,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA acquired a new stake in Netskope in the third quarter valued at $72,463,000. TD Asset Management Inc acquired a new stake in Netskope in the third quarter valued at $5,005,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Netskope in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,239,000.

Trending Headlines about Netskope

Here are the key news stories impacting Netskope this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and revenue growth — Netskope reported a slight EPS beat and revenue up ~32% year‑over‑year; management set a fiscal‑2027 revenue target of $870M–$876M and emphasized its AI‑native platform as a growth driver. This supports the company’s long‑term TAM story. Earnings Transcript Revenue Target Article
• Neutral Sentiment: New product: Netskope unveiled “Netskope One AI Security” positioning the company as an AI‑security platform — a potential multi‑year revenue tailwind, but market reaction has been mixed as investors parse near‑term financials. Product Launch
• Negative Sentiment: Cautious FY‑2027 guidance and wide EPS range — Management issued guidance with a wide FY EPS range and Q1 EPS that indicate near‑term margin/visibility pressure; the market interpreted that as a downgrade to near‑term profitability expectations, triggering the sharp post‑earnings selloff. Guidance Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target cuts — Multiple firms trimmed targets (examples: Deutsche Bank to $16, RBC to $14, BMO to $14, others lowered various PTs) even where ratings were maintained; this consensus of lower targets increases short‑term selling pressure. Deutsche Bank Note
• Negative Sentiment: Lockup expiry and analyst skepticism — Reports note a lockup expiration and some analysts calling Q4 softer than expected, which can add share supply and sentiment headwinds in the near term. Lockup/Analyst Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder investigation — A law firm announced an inquiry into potential securities claims involving Netskope executives; this raises legal/dispersion risk and can weigh on sentiment until resolved. Investigation Notice

Netskope Company Profile

We are redefining security and networking for the era of cloud and AI. The cloud and AI have completely revolutionized work. We are more dispersed, more productive, and more automated than ever before, and the rate of change is only accelerating. Not since the internet has there been such a transformative tectonic shift. But, with it has come collateral damage-traditional security and networking are now broken. We founded Netskope to address this revolution. We built Netskope One, our unified, cloud-native platform from the ground up to solve the challenge of securing and accelerating the digital interactions of enterprises in this new era.