SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Sets New 12-Month Low - Here's What Happened

Key Points

• Shares of SentinelOne hit a new 52-week low of $12.11 during mid-day trading, down about 5.4% with roughly 2.16 million shares changing hands.
• Multiple analysts trimmed price targets (Canaccord, Citi, UBS, Goldman) while the consensus rating is a Moderate Buy with an average target of $19.43.
• SentinelOne slightly beat EPS estimates ($0.07 vs. $0.06) and reported revenue roughly in line, but remains unprofitable (net margin -45%, negative ROE) and set FY2027 EPS guidance of 0.320–0.380.

Shares of SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $12.11 and last traded at $12.1160, with a volume of 2159131 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $12.77.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on S shares. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $23.00 to $17.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 13th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $16.50 to $14.50 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Guggenheim reissued a "buy" rating and set a $24.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Friday, March 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $19.43.

SentinelOne Trading Down 5.4%

The business's 50 day moving average is $13.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $15.21. The company has a market cap of $4.11 billion, a PE ratio of -8.91 and a beta of 0.75.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $271.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative net margin of 45.02% and a negative return on equity of 15.04%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.04 EPS. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.010-0.020 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that SentinelOne, Inc. will post -0.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other SentinelOne news, COO Barry L. Padgett sold 15,460 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.41, for a total value of $207,318.60. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 628,190 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,424,027.90. The trade was a 2.40% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Ana G. Pinczuk sold 16,042 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.41, for a total value of $215,123.22. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 587,608 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,879,823.28. The trade was a 2.66% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 336,600 shares of company stock worth $4,565,034. Insiders own 4.33% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of SentinelOne

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of SentinelOne by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,532,555 shares of the company's stock valued at $547,988,000 after buying an additional 520,142 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised 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 worth $197,202,000 after purchasing an additional 3,624,707 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc raised its position in SentinelOne by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 8,551,878 shares of the company's stock worth $128,278,000 after purchasing an additional 346,014 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in SentinelOne by 93.4% in the 4th 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 during the period. Finally, Caprock Group LLC raised its position in SentinelOne by 2,275.2% in the 4th quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 7,749,446 shares of the company's stock worth $116,242,000 after purchasing an additional 7,423,177 shares during the period. 90.87% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

SentinelOne Company 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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