UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Price Target Raised to $18.00 at BMO Capital Markets

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) had its price target raised by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $13.00 to $18.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday, Briefing.com reports. The brokerage presently has a “market perform” rating on the stock. BMO Capital Markets’ price target suggests a potential downside of 0.50% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. UBS Group upped their price target on UiPath from $12.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of UiPath in a research note on Friday, July 10th. DA Davidson dropped their target price on shares of UiPath from $13.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 29th. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of UiPath in a research note on Friday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, UiPath currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.07.

UiPath Stock Performance

UiPath stock opened at $18.09 on Friday. UiPath has a 52 week low of $9.20 and a 52 week high of $19.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.37 billion, a PE ratio of 30.15, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.02. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $13.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $11.92.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 3rd. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.15. The firm had revenue of $410.26 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $397.77 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 7.92% and a net margin of 19.58%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.15 EPS. Research analysts forecast that UiPath will post 0.4 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at UiPath

In related news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 1,402,347 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.07, for a total transaction of $22,535,716.29. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 26,491,238 shares in the company, valued at $425,714,194.66. This represents a 5.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 22.44% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. HighMark Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in UiPath in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in UiPath in the second quarter valued at about $27,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in UiPath in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $37,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its stake in UiPath by 750.0% during the 1st quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 3,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 3,000 shares during the period. Finally, REAP Financial Group LLC bought a new position in UiPath during the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key UiPath News

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat expectations: Fiscal Q2 revenue rose approximately 13.3% year over year to $410.3 million, exceeding the roughly $397.8 million consensus estimate. Adjusted earnings of $0.15 per share matched expectations, while the company also swung to positive GAAP operating income. UiPath Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Higher guidance: UiPath forecast fiscal third-quarter revenue of $440 million to $445 million, slightly above the $441.1 million analyst estimate. Fiscal 2027 revenue guidance of $1.789 billion to $1.794 billion implies continued growth, with expected non-GAAP operating income of approximately $445 million. UiPath FY2027 Guidance
• Positive Sentiment: AI and enterprise demand remain central to the story: Management said artificial intelligence is expanding the number of tasks enterprises can automate and increasing demand for orchestration and governance tools. A new strategic automation agreement with STC Bahrain provides an additional, though relatively small, commercial catalyst. STC Bahrain UiPath Deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Leadership transition: UiPath announced executive changes and appointed a new board member, including a finance leadership transition. The changes could support long-term execution, but investors may initially view added management uncertainty cautiously. UiPath Executive Leadership Changes
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and profit-taking are overshadowing the beat: PATH had risen sharply recently and was trading near its 52-week high, raising the bar for results. Analysts noted that roughly 12% growth lacks the acceleration seen among some AI-focused software peers, while the stock’s valuation leaves less room for disappointment. Concerns that AI could disrupt traditional software revenue also remain. Why PATH Stock Is Tumbling

UiPath Company Profile

UiPath Inc provides an end-to-end automation platform that offers a range of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions primarily in the United States, Romania, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers a suite of interrelated software to build, manage, run, engage, measure, and govern automation within the organization. Its platform's embedded AI, ML, and NLP capabilities improve decisioning and information processing; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; multi-tenant platform enterprise deployment with security and governance and Automation Cloud, which enables customers to begin automating without the need to provision infrastructure, install applications, or perform additional configurations; intuitive interface and low-code, drag-and-drop functionality; signed to enable people and automations to work together; and tracks, measures, and forecasts the performance of automations, enables customers to gain powerful insights and generate key performance indicators with actionable metric.