Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03, Briefing.com reports. Dynatrace had a return on equity of 9.24% and a net margin of 27.33%.The firm had revenue of $493.85 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $487.33 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.37 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Dynatrace updated its Q3 2026 guidance to 0.400-0.420 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance to 1.620-1.640 EPS.

Dynatrace Stock Performance

NYSE:DT traded up $1.12 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $47.18. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,422,720 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,956,400. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.25, a PEG ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 0.85. Dynatrace has a 1 year low of $39.30 and a 1 year high of $63.00. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $48.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $50.81.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dynatrace

In other news, Director Lisa M. Campbell sold 1,013 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.77, for a total transaction of $50,417.01. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,012 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,367.24. This represents a 50.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Dan Zugelder sold 7,503 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total transaction of $375,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,420 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,000. This trade represents a 84.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 10,602 shares of company stock worth $529,579. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Dynatrace

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Advisory Services Network LLC bought a new position in Dynatrace in the second quarter valued at about $567,000. Nomura Holdings Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Dynatrace during the 2nd quarter valued at about $458,000. Ion Asset Management Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Dynatrace by 15.4% in the 2nd quarter. Ion Asset Management Ltd. now owns 300,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,563,000 after purchasing an additional 40,000 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 43.3% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,226 shares of the company’s stock worth $620,000 after buying an additional 3,392 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in Dynatrace by 24.0% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 10,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $597,000 after buying an additional 2,091 shares during the period. 94.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on DT. Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Dynatrace from $67.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Citigroup lowered their target price on Dynatrace from $68.00 to $64.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their price target on Dynatrace from $57.00 to $51.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen cut Dynatrace from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $67.00 price target on shares of Dynatrace in a research note on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $62.27.

About Dynatrace

Dynatrace, Inc provides a security platform for multicloud environments in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates Dynatrace, a security platform, which provides application and microservices monitoring, runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring, digital business analytics, and cloud automation.