Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Invests $4.41 Million in SentinelOne, Inc. $S

Key Points

• Jefferies Financial Group bought a new stake of 250,666 SentinelOne shares worth about $4.41 million, representing roughly 0.08% ownership at the end of the quarter.
• Insider selling has been notable: insiders sold 276,190 shares (~$4.04M) over the past 90 days, including recent sales by Ana Pinczuk and CFO Barbara Larson, leaving insiders with about 4.33% ownership.
• Analyst sentiment is an average "Moderate Buy" with a mean target of $21.05, though several firms have recently trimmed price targets (e.g., Goldman Sachs to $16.50).

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S - Free Report) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 250,666 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,414,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. owned 0.08% of SentinelOne at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new stake in SentinelOne in the second quarter worth $29,000. MAI Capital Management raised its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 121.2% in the third quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 1,825 shares of the company's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 8,812.0% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 2,228 shares of the company's stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 2,203 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of SentinelOne by 287.8% during the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 2,439 shares of the company's stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 1,810 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 66.7% during the 2nd quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC now owns 3,007 shares of the company's stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 1,203 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.87% of the company's stock.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

Shares of S opened at $14.34 on Tuesday. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $13.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.47 and a beta of 0.77. SentinelOne, Inc. has a 52-week low of $12.23 and a 52-week high of $21.40.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Ana G. Pinczuk sold 11,900 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.82, for a total transaction of $176,358.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 560,589 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $8,307,928.98. The trade was a 2.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Barbara A. Larson sold 11,173 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.82, for a total transaction of $165,583.86. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 539,372 shares in the company, valued at $7,993,493.04. This trade represents a 2.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 276,190 shares of company stock valued at $4,040,425. 4.33% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on S. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on SentinelOne from $19.00 to $16.50 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. TD Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Guggenheim reduced their target price on shares of SentinelOne from $28.00 to $24.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Wedbush lowered their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their price target on shares of SentinelOne from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $21.05.

SentinelOne 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.

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