Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) Issues FY 2027 Earnings Guidance

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) issued an update on its FY 2027 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.190–0.190 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.200. The company issued revenue guidance of $870.0 million-$876.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $865.5 million. Netskope also updated its Q1 2027 guidance to -0.070–0.060 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on NTSK shares. BTIG Research dropped their target price on shares of Netskope from $22.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Mizuho dropped their price objective on Netskope from $20.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Netskope from $27.00 to $18.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on Netskope from $26.00 to $14.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Netskope from $28.00 to $21.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Netskope currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.89.

Netskope Trading Down 21.3%

Shares of Netskope stock opened at $9.55 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.17, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a current ratio of 2.32. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $13.34. The stock has a market cap of $3.76 billion and a P/E ratio of -95.50. Netskope has a 1 year low of $8.81 and a 1 year high of $27.99.

Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.02. The business had revenue of $196.33 million during the quarter. Netskope’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Netskope has set its Q1 2027 guidance at -0.070–0.060 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at -0.190–0.190 EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Matto Andrew H. Del sold 49,875 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.16, for a total value of $855,855.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 41,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $712,019.88. The trade was a 54.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Sanjay Beri sold 31,594 shares of Netskope stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.58, for a total value of $555,422.52. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,049,721 shares of company stock valued at $18,020,279 over the last ninety days.

Key Netskope News

Here are the key news stories impacting Netskope this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and strong growth — Netskope reported revenue of $196.3M (up 32% y/y) and ARR of $811M (+31% y/y); EPS beat estimates. This shows continued top‑line momentum. Q4 Results
• Positive Sentiment: New product catalyst — Netskope unveiled “Netskope One AI Security,” positioning the company as a vendor for AI‑era security, which could drive product expansion and longer‑term upside. AI Security Launch
• Neutral Sentiment: Guidance is mixed — management raised fiscal‑2027 revenue guidance to $870M–$876M (slightly above consensus) but provided a wide EPS range (FY -0.190 to 0.190) and Q1 EPS guidance that sits around/just below street expectations — a source of uncertainty for investors. Guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts remain mostly constructive but trimmed targets — brokerages largely kept Buy/Outperform/Overweight ratings while cutting price targets (examples: Oppenheimer reaffirmed Outperform at a lower $19 PT; Deutsche Bank cut its PT to $16). That keeps institutional conviction but lowers implied upside. Oppenheimer Deutsche Bank
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy price‑target cuts and sell pressure — multiple firms (BMO, RBC, Deutsche, Mizuho, etc.) lowered targets in quick succession; the cluster of downgrades/target cuts amplified selling. Analyst Reaction/Lockup
• Negative Sentiment: Market reacted sharply — coverage notes the stock fell materially after the earnings/guidance release (reported ~17.5% intraday drop), reflecting investor unease despite product and revenue positives. Market Move
• Negative Sentiment: Governance/legal overhang — a shareholder law‑firm investigation into potential claims was announced, adding another near‑term risk that can pressure sentiment. Shareholder Investigation

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Public Sector Pension Investment Board purchased a new position in Netskope in the fourth quarter valued at about $60,882,000. Bamco Inc. NY boosted its position in shares of Netskope by 28.1% during the 4th quarter. Bamco Inc. NY now owns 2,981,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,300,000 after acquiring an additional 654,964 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in shares of Netskope by 101.9% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,551,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,209,000 after purchasing an additional 783,092 shares during the period. Holocene Advisors LP bought a new position in shares of Netskope in the third quarter valued at approximately $15,241,000. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Netskope during the third quarter valued at about $12,536,000.

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.