SentinelOne (NYSE:S) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01, FiscalAI reports. The company had revenue of $271.15 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.18 million. SentinelOne had a negative return on equity of 14.95% and a negative net margin of 43.04%.The business’s revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.04 earnings per share. SentinelOne updated its FY 2027 guidance to 0.320-0.380 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance to 0.010-0.020 EPS.

Here are the key takeaways from SentinelOne’s conference call:

• SentinelOne scaled past $1 billion in FY26 revenue, grew 22% year‑over‑year, and delivered full‑year operating profitability with a 3.5% operating margin.
• Q4 total ARR rose 22% with a company‑record add of $64 million net new ARR, driven by a balanced mix of new‑logo wins and expansion and a record ARR per customer.
• AI and platform momentum was strong: Purple attach rate topped 50%, Prompt Security ARR more than doubled sequentially, Data ARR surpassed $130 million, Cloud ARR passed $160 million, and Wayfinder exceeded $100 million.
• Management guided FY27 revenue of $1.195B–$1.205B (~20% growth), operating income of $110–120M (~10% margin), and EPS $0.32–$0.38 while targeting further progress toward the Rule of 40.
• Near‑term risks include lumpier collections/DSO timing, macro and geopolitical uncertainties, reliance on non‑GAAP exclusions (and a scheduled $40M tax payment), plus a rising diluted share count (~352M) that could pressure short‑term cash flow and per‑share metrics.

SentinelOne Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:S traded up $0.19 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $13.97. 4,575,444 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,203,712. SentinelOne has a 52-week low of $12.23 and a 52-week high of $21.40. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $13.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $15.83. The company has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion, a PE ratio of -11.09 and a beta of 0.77.

Insider Transactions at SentinelOne

In other SentinelOne news, insider Ana G. Pinczuk sold 11,900 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 560,589 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,307,928.98. This represents a 2.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 36,932 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.81, for a total value of $510,030.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,046,141 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,447,207.21. This trade represents a 3.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 203,034 shares of company stock valued at $2,869,591. Insiders own 4.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SentinelOne

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in SentinelOne by 102.4% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,435 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 726 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in SentinelOne during the third quarter valued at about $26,000. EFG International AG acquired a new stake in shares of SentinelOne in the fourth quarter valued at about $41,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of SentinelOne by 25.2% in the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 3,442 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 692 shares during the period. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 3,593 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.87% of the company’s stock.

More SentinelOne News

Here are the key news stories impacting SentinelOne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 reported EPS beat and company milestones — SentinelOne posted $0.07 EPS (above the $0.06 consensus), revenue roughly matched expectations, grew ~20% YoY, surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue and said it achieved full-year operating profitability, all of which support a longer-term growth/profitability story. SentinelOne Announces Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal-Year-2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Aggressive forward EPS guidance vs. street — Management raised Q1 FY27 EPS guidance to $0.01–$0.02 (consensus was around -$0.18) and FY27 EPS to $0.320–$0.380 (consensus deeply negative). This swing to positive EPS guidance materially improves the company’s near-to-medium-term profitability outlook. Press Release / Slide Deck
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/media coverage of the beat — Coverage (Zacks/MarketBeat) highlights the EPS beat and improving margins, which can support sentiment if management executes on guidance. Zacks: Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call/transcript available — Full Q4 call transcript provides detail on product adoption, churn, and GTM execution; useful for parsing how management justifies guidance and margin trajectory. Earnings Call Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry-security incidents — Recent FortiGate/AD compromise stories underscore persistent demand for endpoint/EDR solutions, a structural positive for vendors but not a direct SentinelOne win yet. FortiGate Edge Intrusions
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and Reuters note on cautious stance — Some outlets (Barron’s/Reuters) flagged that the stock fell after earnings and that SentinelOne signaled a cautious near-term profit forecast amid stiff competition and a finance leadership transition, which raises execution risk. Reuters: Quarterly profit forecast falls short
• Negative Sentiment: Sector headwinds — Analysis that the endpoint market is cooling increases the risk that growth could moderate, pressuring multiples if re-acceleration doesn’t materialize. Investing.com: Endpoint market cools
• Negative Sentiment: CEO rhetoric vs. large competitors — Strong public comments (e.g., CEO calling out Microsoft vulnerabilities) can draw attention to competitive positioning but may also heighten scrutiny and competitive pushback. 247WallSt: CEO: Microsoft has more vulnerabilities

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on S shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Scotiabank set a $15.00 target price on shares of SentinelOne and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday. Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and set a $17.00 price target (down from $20.00) on shares of SentinelOne in a research report on Sunday, January 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of SentinelOne from $19.00 to $16.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Westpark Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price objective on shares of SentinelOne in a research note on Friday, December 5th. One investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, SentinelOne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $20.36.

About SentinelOne

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.