Investors Buy High Volume of Call Options on SentinelOne (NYSE:S)

SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S) saw some unusual options trading on Friday. Stock traders acquired 20,509 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 22% compared to the typical volume of 16,832 call options.

Analyst Ratings Changes

S has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Raymond James Financial lowered SentinelOne from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $18.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on SentinelOne from $16.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 17th. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $26.00 price target on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 price target on shares of SentinelOne in a report on Friday. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of SentinelOne from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $16.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $23.08.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

Shares of S traded down $1.65 on Friday, reaching $21.06. The stock had a trading volume of 11,266,267 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,000,227. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.94 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $16.25. SentinelOne has a 12-month low of $11.81 and a 12-month high of $23.95.

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $291.98 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $290.24 million. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 15.35% and a negative net margin of 30.39%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.22) earnings per share. SentinelOne has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.300-0.320 EPS and its Q3 2027 guidance at 0.080-0.090 EPS. On average, analysts expect that SentinelOne will post -0.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

SentinelOne News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SentinelOne raised its fiscal 2027 outlook, projecting revenue of approximately $1.202 billion to $1.207 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.30 to $0.32. Third-quarter revenue guidance of $309 million to $311 million was broadly in line with expectations, while EPS guidance of $0.08 to $0.09 was well above the listed consensus estimate. S Q2 Earnings Call Spotlights AI Security and Raised Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their price targets following the results. TD Cowen lifted its target to $26 and Canaccord Genuity to $25, both maintaining buy ratings; Needham, Citizens JMP, Cantor Fitzgerald and Rosenblatt also reiterated bullish views with targets ranging from $25 to $26. SentinelOne Analysts Increase Their Forecasts After Q2 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: The broader cybersecurity sector has recently benefited from a valuation re-rating, potentially supporting SentinelOne’s shares, although this tailwind has not outweighed the company-specific guidance concerns. Cybersecurity Re-Rating Reaches the Laggards
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are concerned that the improved earnings forecast may not represent enough upside after the stock’s recent rally. Reports characterized the profit outlook as trimmed or underwhelming, causing the strong quarterly results to be overshadowed. SentinelOne Slides as Trimmed Profit Forecast Outweighs Revenue Beat
• Negative Sentiment: SentinelOne remains unprofitable on a GAAP basis, with a negative net margin and negative return on equity. Separate tracking also showed insider selling with no reported insider purchases over the past six months, a potential sentiment headwind.

Insider Activity at SentinelOne

In related news, insider Ana G. Pinczuk sold 6,230 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.09, for a total transaction of $125,160.70. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 737,716 shares in the company, valued at $14,820,714.44. This trade represents a 0.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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 Keenan Michael Conder sold 26,374 shares of SentinelOne stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 956,358 shares in the company, valued at $19,203,668.64. This trade represents a 2.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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 three months. Corporate insiders own 4.27% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SentinelOne

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Woodline Partners LP purchased a new position in shares of SentinelOne during the first quarter valued at approximately $382,000. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new position in SentinelOne during the first quarter valued at $346,000. Prudential Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in SentinelOne by 28.4% in the second quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 21,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after acquiring an additional 4,680 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in SentinelOne by 540.3% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 3,593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 7.9% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 170,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,083,000 after acquiring an additional 12,495 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

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.