SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Updates Q3 2027 Earnings Guidance

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) issued an update on its third quarter 2027 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.080-0.090 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.140. The company issued revenue guidance of $309.0 million-$311.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $309.5 million. SentinelOne also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 0.300-0.320 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $15.50 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday. Guggenheim boosted their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $24.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $20.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of SentinelOne from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $16.00 to $20.00 in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, SentinelOne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.09.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

Shares of S stock opened at $21.56 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $19.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.29. The stock has a market cap of $7.39 billion, a PE ratio of -21.35 and a beta of 0.79. SentinelOne has a 52-week low of $11.81 and a 52-week high of $23.95.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $291.98 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $290.24 million. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 15.66% and a negative net margin of 30.95%.The firm’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.22) EPS. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.300-0.320 EPS and its Q3 2027 guidance at 0.080-0.090 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that SentinelOne will post -0.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO Barry L. Padgett sold 9,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.09, for a total value of $196,440.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 977,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,636,568.70. The trade was a 0.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Keenan Michael Conder sold 26,374 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.08, for a total value of $529,589.92. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 956,358 shares in the company, valued at $19,203,668.64. The trade was a 2.68% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 423,705 shares of company stock worth $7,369,527 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.27% of the company’s stock.

Key SentinelOne News

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SentinelOne reported fiscal Q2 2027 adjusted earnings of $0.08 per share, above the $0.07 consensus estimate, while revenue increased 20.6% year over year to approximately $292 million. Platform adoption, upmarket customer wins, AI-security demand and improved operating leverage supported the results. SentinelOne Q2 Earnings Beat as Platform Growth Drives Outlook Raise
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised or reaffirmed its fiscal 2027 outlook, targeting approximately $1.202 billion to $1.207 billion in revenue and $124 million to $128 million in operating income. Its third-quarter revenue forecast was broadly in line with expectations, while projected EPS was above the cited consensus. SentinelOne Fiscal 2027 Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their price targets following the results. Scotiabank, TD Cowen, Needham, Canaccord Genuity, Citizens JMP and Cantor Fitzgerald moved targets as high as $26, while maintaining bullish or outperform ratings. SentinelOne Analysts Increase Their Forecasts After Q2 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call-option activity indicates some traders are positioning for additional upside, although options activity is not a fundamental measure.
• Neutral Sentiment: Citigroup raised its target to $23 but retained a neutral rating, reflecting a more cautious view than the broader analyst response. Benzinga Analyst Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Investors focused on a trimmed or less compelling full-year profit outlook despite the revenue beat and record operating margin. The mixed guidance overshadowed the earnings performance and contributed to the stock’s decline. SentinelOne Slides as Profit Guide Weighs
• Negative Sentiment: Execution concerns remain: large-customer and annual recurring revenue growth decelerated, gross margin contracted amid competition, and the company continues to report substantial net losses. SentinelOne Stay On The Sidelines

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SentinelOne

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in SentinelOne by 38.1% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 13,146,797 shares of the company’s stock valued at $197,202,000 after acquiring an additional 3,624,707 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 93.4% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,212,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,182,000 after purchasing an additional 3,965,519 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in SentinelOne by 16.0% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 8,205,864 shares of the company’s stock worth $144,505,000 after purchasing an additional 1,132,121 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in SentinelOne by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,709,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,640,000 after purchasing an additional 110,834 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in SentinelOne by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,130,837 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,969,000 after purchasing an additional 250,201 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

About SentinelOne

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.