TD Cowen Has Lowered Expectations for UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Stock Price

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) had its target price dropped by TD Cowen from $16.00 to $13.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “hold” rating on the stock. TD Cowen’s price target suggests a potential upside of 11.94% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC raised UiPath from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of UiPath from $14.00 to $13.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. DA Davidson lowered their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their price objective on shares of UiPath from $19.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, UiPath currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $14.27.

UiPath Stock Performance

NYSE:PATH traded down $0.77 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $11.61. The stock had a trading volume of 66,733,772 shares, compared to its average volume of 34,541,016. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.65, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.09. UiPath has a twelve month low of $9.38 and a twelve month high of $19.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.15 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.99.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $481.11 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $464.81 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 3.73% and a net margin of 14.79%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.26 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.73, for a total value of $707,850.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 28,343,585 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $445,844,592.05. This represents a 0.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.10, for a total transaction of $1,086,234.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 557,028 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,968,150.80. This trade represents a 10.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 832,468 shares of company stock valued at $13,668,235. Company insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of UiPath

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of PATH. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of UiPath during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $102,559,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in UiPath during the 4th quarter valued at $120,176,000. State Street Corp increased its position in UiPath by 66.4% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,004,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,148,000 after buying an additional 5,189,438 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of UiPath by 76.0% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,407,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,732,000 after acquiring an additional 4,926,341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TFG Asset Management GP Ltd increased its position in UiPath by 53.3% during the 2nd quarter. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd now owns 13,722,244 shares of the company’s stock worth $175,645,000 after purchasing an additional 4,772,244 shares in the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

UiPath News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat, rising margins and first GAAP profit — UiPath reported revenue of $481.1M (+13.5% y/y) and EPS of $0.30, topping estimates and showing improved profitability. UiPath margins shine as AI fuels growth
• Positive Sentiment: $500M share buyback announced — management authorized a $500M repurchase program, which supports per‑share metrics and can be a near‑term share‑price tailwind. UiPath stock: why sell-off makes sense despite Q4 beat and buyback
• Neutral Sentiment: FY‑27 revenue guide mixed — UiPath guided FY‑27 revenue around $1.8B (above some estimates) but the implied growth rate slows to roughly ~10%, a core reason investors pulled back. UiPath Guides for Slower Full-Year Revenue Growth
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy volume and unusual options flow — trading is well above average and large call buying was reported, indicating both conviction and increased short‑term volatility. Benzinga options/volume note
• Negative Sentiment: Market reacted to a tempered outlook and slower acceleration — despite beats, investors punished PATH because the full‑year cadence implies deceleration versus prior trends. UiPath: Fine Q4 Earnings, But The Bull Case Remains Uninspiring
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target cuts and neutral/equal‑weight ratings — multiple shops trimmed targets (DA Davidson, Wells Fargo, Mizuho) or set neutral ratings, which reduces buy‑side momentum. Benzinga analyst updates
• Negative Sentiment: AI worries: analysts say AI narrative hasn’t yet driven faster growth — commentary from UBS/Morgan Stanley and press pieces highlight investor skepticism that AI adoption will quickly re‑accelerate revenue. AI concerns coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Immediate market move: shares slid (reports ~6% intraday) after the print, reflecting the gap between operational progress and investor growth expectations. UiPath Stock Sinks 6% — But It Could Still Be the Next Palantir

About UiPath

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.