Nutanix (NTNX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nutanix, Inc. is an enterprise cloud computing company that develops software to simplify the deployment and management of datacenter infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is best known for pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), an approach that integrates compute, storage and virtualization into a single software-defined platform aimed at reducing complexity and operational overhead in private and hybrid cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio centers on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which includes its core AOS software for HCI, Prism for infrastructure management and automation, and a suite of additional services such as Calm for application automation, Files and Volumes for file and block services, Karbon for Kubernetes orchestration, and Era for database management. Nutanix also offers virtual desktop and desktop-as-a-service capabilities and cloud management tools designed to provide unified operations across on-premises datacenters and public cloud providers. Its software can run on industry-standard servers and supports multiple hypervisors, including Nutanix’s AHV.

Nutanix serves a global customer base across enterprise, public sector and service provider markets through direct sales, channel partners and OEM relationships. The company focuses on helping organizations modernize legacy datacenters, enable hybrid cloud adoption, and simplify IT operations for applications ranging from virtual desktop infrastructure to mission-critical databases and containerized workloads. Nutanix emphasizes subscription-based software licensing and cloud-like operational models as customers shift away from hardware-centric investments.

Founded by Dheeraj Pandey, Mohit Aron and Ajeet Singh, Nutanix completed its initial public offering in 2016 and is listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker NTNX. Leadership changes in later years included the appointment of Rajiv Ramaswami as chief executive officer. The company continues to position its software and services for organizations looking to consolidate infrastructure, automate operations and deploy hybrid or multi-cloud strategies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $44.50 to $46.99
• 50-Day Range: $34.41 to $48.27
• 52-Week Range: $34.01 to $82.42
• Volume: 5.69 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.33 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 48.95
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $60.87
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Nutanix Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nutanix scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 216th out of 623 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Nutanix has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 10 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Nutanix has a consensus price target of $60.87, representing about 35.6% upside from its current price of $44.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nutanix has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 44.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Nutanix are expected to grow by 44.64% in the coming year, from $0.56 to $0.81 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nutanix is 48.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.51.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nutanix is 48.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 168.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Nutanix has a PEG Ratio of 5.30. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.96% of the float of Nutanix has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nutanix has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.75.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nutanix has recently increased by 20.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Nutanix does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Nutanix does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.23

News Sentiment

Nutanix has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Nutanix this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for NTNX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Nutanix to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nutanix insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.40% of the stock of Nutanix is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.25% of the stock of Nutanix is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/25/2026
• Today: 5/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/27/2026
• Status update: 6/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NTNX
• CIK: 1618732
• Web: www.nutanix.com
• Phone: (408) 216-8360
• Fax: 408-916-4039
• Employees: 7,800
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Nutanix: $60.87
• High Price Target: $95.00
• Low Price Target: $44.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 48.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 80.41
• P/E Growth: 5.3
• Net Income: $188.37 million
• Net Margins: 9.95%
• Pretax Margin: 10.16%
• Return on Equity: -37.41%
• Return on Assets: 8.37%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.65
• Quick Ratio: 1.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.45
• Cash Flow: $0.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 47.10
• Book Value: ($2.58) per share
• Price / Book: -17.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 265,212,000
• Free Float: 258,847,000
• Market Cap: $11.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.54