Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) Receives $62.27 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $62.2667.

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Rosenblatt Securities began coverage on Nutanix in a research report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating and a $60.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Nutanix from $57.00 to $50.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $55.00 target price on shares of Nutanix in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on Nutanix from $75.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Nutanix from $72.00 to $63.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th.

Nutanix Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NTNX opened at $41.10 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $10.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.67, a PEG ratio of 4.40 and a beta of 0.52. Nutanix has a 12 month low of $35.39 and a 12 month high of $83.36. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $39.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $53.01.

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The technology company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.12. Nutanix had a negative return on equity of 37.41% and a net margin of 9.95%.The business had revenue of $722.83 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $709.83 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.47 earnings per share. Nutanix’s quarterly revenue was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that Nutanix will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Nutanix

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Nutanix by 18.2% during the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,453 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $111,000 after acquiring an additional 224 shares during the last quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund raised its position in shares of Nutanix by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 131,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,014,000 after buying an additional 1,102 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its stake in Nutanix by 161.5% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 587,482 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $44,907,000 after acquiring an additional 362,812 shares during the last quarter. Blueshift Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Nutanix during the second quarter valued at approximately $240,000. Finally, Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC raised its position in Nutanix by 11.8% during the second quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 4,124 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $315,000 after purchasing an additional 436 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.25% of the company’s stock.

Key Nutanix News

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutanix this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt initiation: Rosenblatt started coverage on Nutanix with a Strong‑Buy/Buy call and a $60 target (roughly ~46% upside from recent levels), which triggered intraday buying and raised visibility among institutional and retail investors. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wide media pickup: Multiple outlets (MSN, Benzinga, Globe & Mail) amplified the Rosenblatt call, increasing short‑term momentum and liquidity as traders respond to the new analyst coverage. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst consensus: Coverage shows a moderate buy consensus overall, so while Rosenblatt is bullish, the analyst community is mixed-to-cautiously positive rather than uniformly aggressive — limiting how sustained the rally may be without follow‑through fundamental news. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation re‑assessment: Coverage from Yahoo and other outlets is prompting investors to recheck Nutanix’s valuation versus revenue and profitability metrics; this creates short‑term debate that can amplify volatility. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Longer‑term weakness and technicals: Despite the upgrade, Nutanix has been well off its highs (notable one‑year declines and a 200‑day moving average well above the current price), which leaves the stock vulnerable to profit‑taking unless fundamental momentum improves. Article Title

Nutanix Company Profile

Nutanix, Inc is an enterprise cloud computing company that develops software to simplify the deployment and management of datacenter infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is best known for pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), an approach that integrates compute, storage and virtualization into a single software-defined platform aimed at reducing complexity and operational overhead in private and hybrid cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio centers on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which includes its core AOS software for HCI, Prism for infrastructure management and automation, and a suite of additional services such as Calm for application automation, Files and Volumes for file and block services, Karbon for Kubernetes orchestration, and Era for database management.