Todd Krasnow Sells 4,000 Shares of Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) Stock

Symbotic Inc. (NASDAQ:SYM) Director Todd Krasnow sold 4,000 shares of Symbotic stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.73, for a total transaction of $214,920.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Todd Krasnow also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, January 5th, Todd Krasnow sold 4,000 shares of Symbotic stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.63, for a total value of $274,520.00.
• On Wednesday, December 3rd, Todd Krasnow sold 4,000 shares of Symbotic stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.00, for a total value of $284,000.00.

Symbotic Trading Up 11.1%

NASDAQ SYM opened at $59.74 on Friday. Symbotic Inc. has a 12 month low of $16.32 and a 12 month high of $87.88. The stock has a market cap of $35.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -597.34, a P/E/G ratio of 15.26 and a beta of 2.13. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $62.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $60.29.

Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.08 by ($0.06). Symbotic had a negative return on equity of 1.88% and a negative net margin of 0.45%.The company had revenue of $629.99 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $622.58 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.03) EPS. Symbotic’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Symbotic Inc. will post 0.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Symbotic by 47.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,932,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,463,000 after purchasing an additional 2,237,137 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC purchased a new stake in Symbotic during the third quarter valued at approximately $34,296,000. M&T Bank Corp raised its position in Symbotic by 1,108.8% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 330,882 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,687,000 after acquiring an additional 303,510 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Symbotic by 3,188.8% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 274,155 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,777,000 after acquiring an additional 265,819 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB boosted its stake in shares of Symbotic by 626.4% during the 3rd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 274,178 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,778,000 after acquiring an additional 236,435 shares during the last quarter.

Key Headlines Impacting Symbotic

Here are the key news stories impacting Symbotic this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 financial beat and GAAP profit — Symbotic reported roughly $630M revenue (+29% YoY) and turned GAAP profitable (net income reported), showing a big jump in adjusted EBITDA and operational leverage that supports a bullish re-rating. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Raised near‑term guidance — management set Q2 revenue at $650M–$670M, above consensus, reinforcing the narrative of sustained top‑line momentum and near‑term upside. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support — Needham bumped its price target to $75 and reiterated a buy, adding incremental buy‑side pressure after the quarter. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational details and backlog — management highlighted faster install‑to‑acceptance timelines, strong software gross margins (~73%) and a multi‑billion backlog that underpins deployment-driven revenue, supporting the long‑term thesis but dependent on execution. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad coverage and transcripts — multiple call transcripts and write‑ups give detail on execution priorities (capacity, AI/software leverage) that investors should review to assess cadence of future installs. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and concentration risk — a director disclosed sales (4,000 shares) and the business still has high customer concentration (Walmart and a few large customers), which elevates execution and client‑risk if deployments slow. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: EPS/communication noise and valuation — some outlets flagged EPS reporting/mix (GAAP vs. adjusted) that created short‑term confusion, and the shares still trade at a premium with a wide range of analyst targets, leaving the stock exposed to sentiment swings. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SYM has been the subject of several analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Symbotic from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Northcoast Research downgraded Symbotic from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Northland Securities set a $73.00 price target on Symbotic in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen raised Symbotic from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Symbotic from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Symbotic presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $57.36.

Symbotic Company Profile

Symbotic Inc (NASDAQ: SYM) is a provider of advanced warehouse automation and robotics systems designed to improve throughput, space utilization and labor productivity in distribution centers and fulfillment operations. The company develops integrated hardware and software solutions that automate the storage, retrieval, sorting and palletizing of goods, positioning itself as a systems integrator for material handling challenges faced by large-scale retailers, wholesalers and third-party logistics providers.

Products and services typically include autonomous robotic vehicles and shuttle systems, automated storage-and-retrieval equipment, robotic picking and palletizing cells, conveyors and sortation, together with control and management software that coordinates fleet operations and inventory flow.