BMO Capital Markets Has Lowered Expectations for Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) Stock Price

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) had its price objective reduced by investment analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $26.00 to $14.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price indicates a potential upside of 54.02% from the stock’s previous close.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on Netskope from $30.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $26.00 target price on shares of Netskope in a report on Friday, December 12th. Citizens Jmp reduced their price target on Netskope from $27.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Netskope in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Netskope from $27.00 to $18.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $20.94.

Netskope Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NTSK traded down $3.04 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $9.09. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,181,361 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,983,074. The stock has a market cap of $3.57 billion and a P/E ratio of -91.17. Netskope has a 12-month low of $8.81 and a 12-month high of $27.99. The business’s 50 day moving average is $13.50. 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.06) by $0.02. The business had revenue of $196.33 million during the quarter. Netskope’s quarterly revenue was up 32.2% on a year-over-year basis. Netskope has set its Q1 2027 guidance at -0.070–0.060 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Insider Activity

In related news, CRO Raphael Bousquet sold 3,823 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.66, for a total value of $63,691.18. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Sanjay Beri sold 346,061 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.91, for a total transaction of $5,851,891.51. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,049,721 shares of company stock valued at $18,020,279 in the last quarter.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Netskope

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. ICONIQ Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Netskope in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,506,261,000. Scge Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Netskope during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $312,104,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Netskope by 51.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,332,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,536,000 after purchasing an additional 1,812,857 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in Netskope by 11.7% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 3,561,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,469,000 after purchasing an additional 373,529 shares during the period. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Netskope by 14.7% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,556,583 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,383,000 after purchasing an additional 456,321 shares during the period.

Trending Headlines about Netskope

Here are the key news stories impacting Netskope this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat estimates — GAAP EPS loss narrower than expected and revenue grew 32.2% year‑over‑year; ARR rose ~31% and Q4 operating cash flow was positive. This underpins the bullish reaction. GlobeNewswire: Q4 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Company set FY2027 revenue guidance of $870M–$876M (slightly above consensus) and EPS guidance that modestly improves on consensus ranges — guidance implies continued revenue growth driven by AI‑native product expansion. Seeking Alpha: FY2027 Revenue Target
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum — Netskope unveiled “Netskope One AI Security,” positioning the company to capture demand for security solutions across the AI stack, a potential future revenue driver. Business Insider: Product Launch
• Neutral Sentiment: Brokerage consensus remains favorable (consensus “Moderate Buy”), but analysts are re‑setting targets after the quarter; the consensus rating supports investor interest but doesn’t remove execution risk. American Banking News: Consensus Recommendation
• Neutral Sentiment: Full Q4 earnings call and transcript / slide deck are available for details on bookings, margin outlook and product cadence — useful for investors to parse drivers behind guidance ranges. Seeking Alpha: Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple analysts lowered price targets despite keeping buy/overweight stances — Robert W. Baird $27→$20 (still “outperform,” ~64.9% upside vs current), Morgan Stanley $27→$18 (“overweight,” ~48.4% upside), BTIG $22→$17 (“buy,” ~40.1% upside). Target cuts can cap near‑term upside and signal more conservative expectations. Benzinga: Analyst Target Changes
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder litigation investigation announced (Johnson Fistel) into executive conduct — potential legal overhang that can increase risk and volatility for the stock. GlobeNewswire: Litigation Notice

About Netskope

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.