UiPath (NYSE:PATH – Get Free Report) had its price target reduced by equities research analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $14.00 to $13.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “equal weight” rating on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s price target indicates a potential upside of 5.26% from the company’s current price.
Several other equities analysts also recently commented on PATH. Mizuho lowered their price objective on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Barclays raised their target price on UiPath from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on UiPath from $12.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $13.00 price objective on shares of UiPath in a research report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, UiPath has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $15.00.
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UiPath Stock Performance
UiPath (NYSE:PATH – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $481.11 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $464.81 million. UiPath had a net margin of 14.79% and a return on equity of 3.73%. The firm’s revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.26 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at UiPath
In related news, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.10, for a total transaction of $1,086,234.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 557,028 shares in the company, valued at $8,968,150.80. The trade was a 10.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.01, for a total transaction of $675,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 27,893,585 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $418,682,710.85. The trade was a 0.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 832,468 shares of company stock worth $13,668,235 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PATH. Noble Wealth Management PBC purchased a new position in shares of UiPath in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in UiPath in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in UiPath in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in UiPath in the second quarter worth $28,000. Finally, TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. lifted its position in UiPath by 1,270.8% during the fourth quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 1,782 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 1,652 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 62.50% of the company’s stock.
UiPath News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat — UiPath reported revenue of $481.1M and non‑GAAP EPS $0.30, both topping Street expectations; ARR grew to $1.853B, supporting the company’s narrative of enterprise AI adoption moving to scaled deployment. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Capital return and long‑term targets — management set a $2B ARR target for FY27 and unveiled a $500M buyback, which reduces float and can support EPS and investor sentiment over time. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Near‑term revenue guide mostly in line — UiPath gave Q1 revenue guidance slightly above Street at the midpoint (~$397.5M), which is a modest beat but not strong enough to offset concerns about FY growth deceleration. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Unusual options activity — elevated call buying (≈94,510 contracts) signals active trader interest but could reflect short‑term speculation rather than conviction.
- Negative Sentiment: Guidance and growth deceleration spooked investors — despite the beat, management’s outlook implies slower full‑year revenue growth, prompting a post‑earnings selloff and after‑hours slide. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Analyst pushback — Morgan Stanley cut its price target from $19 to $17 and moved to an “equal weight” stance, a sign some sell‑side desks are trimming expectations despite upside potential cited. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Market skepticism remains — commentary highlights decelerating revenue growth and questions about how much AI adoption will translate into sustained upside, keeping the bull case tempered. Read More.
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.
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