Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) Updates Q1 2027 Earnings Guidance

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) issued an update on its first quarter 2027 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.070–0.060 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.060. The company issued revenue guidance of $197.0 million-$199.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $197.6 million. Netskope also updated its FY 2027 guidance to -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Netskope Stock Up 1.0%

Netskope stock traded up $0.12 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $12.13. The stock had a trading volume of 5,847,897 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,841,419. The company has a market capitalization of $4.77 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -121.30. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.61. Netskope has a 52-week low of $9.13 and a 52-week high of $27.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.17, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a current ratio of 2.32.

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $196.33 million for the quarter. Netskope has set its Q1 2027 guidance at -0.070–0.060 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NTSK has been the topic of several recent research reports. TD Cowen lowered their target price on Netskope from $30.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $26.00 price objective on shares of Netskope in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on Netskope from $28.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. KeyCorp cut their target price on Netskope from $24.00 to $17.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, FBN Securities started coverage on shares of Netskope in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $15.00 target price for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $23.47.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CRO Raphael Bousquet sold 3,823 shares of Netskope stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.66, for a total transaction of $63,691.18. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Matto Andrew H. Del sold 77,207 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.92, for a total transaction of $1,306,342.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 41,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $702,061.56. This represents a 65.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,049,721 shares of company stock valued at $18,020,279 over the last 90 days.

Institutional Trading of Netskope

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Virtu Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Netskope by 239.4% in the fourth quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 32,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $570,000 after purchasing an additional 22,932 shares during the period. &PARTNERS purchased a new position in Netskope in the 4th quarter valued at about $562,000. XTX Topco Ltd lifted its stake in Netskope by 11.3% in the 4th quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 28,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $508,000 after buying an additional 2,950 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Netskope in the 4th quarter worth about $495,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Netskope by 150.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 25,479 shares of the company’s stock worth $447,000 after buying an additional 15,313 shares in the last quarter.

Netskope Company Profile

We are redefining security and networking for the era of cloud and AI. The cloud and AI have completely revolutionized work. We are more dispersed, more productive, and more automated than ever before, and the rate of change is only accelerating. Not since the internet has there been such a transformative tectonic shift. But, with it has come collateral damage-traditional security and networking are now broken. We founded Netskope to address this revolution. We built Netskope One, our unified, cloud-native platform from the ground up to solve the challenge of securing and accelerating the digital interactions of enterprises in this new era.