SentinelOne Inc. (NYSE:S) saw an upside of 16.16% to close Monday at $16.82 after adding $2.34 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 11,239,721 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $17.19 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 7,305,200 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 7,384,730.
S’s 1-month performance is 12.58% or $1.88 on its low of $13.87 reached on 08/18/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $12.43 and high of $30.00, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 05/30/23. YTD, S has achieved 15.28% or $2.23 and has reached a new high 16 times. However, the current price is down -43.93% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
S stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 11.Bernhardt David J. (Chief Financial Officer) most recently sold 1,538 shares at $15.02 per share on Aug 11. This transaction cost the insider $23,099. President, CEO, Weingarten Tomer, sold 40,000 shares at a price of $15.26 on Aug 10. Then, on Aug 10, Chief Financial Officer Bernhardt David J. sold 1,538 shares at a price of $15.36 per share. This transaction amounted to $23,626.
Valuation Metrics
S stock has a beta of 0.38. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 10.12 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.00.
SentinelOne Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended April 29 was 2.10, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.10. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 66.60%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -87.47% while for the period ending April 29, SentinelOne Inc.’s operating margin was -89.60%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $278.0 million against revenue of $422.18 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending April 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 15.94% to -$106.87 million, while revenue of -$93.68 million was 12.34% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected S to announce -$0.17 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.15, representing a 11.80% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$95.52 million. S stock balance sheet for the quarter ending April 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 595.61 million, with total debt at $26.48 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $292.03 million.
Let’s look briefly at SentinelOne Inc. (S) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 21 August was 68.15% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 85.76%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $15.00, reflecting a +10.95% or $1.66 change from its current price. S is currently trading +15.21% above its 20-day SMA, +13.65% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +12.73% and SMA200 by-24.23%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 38.14% and 18.86% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.90. The RSI (14) points at 61.76%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 88.86% with the period’s ATR at 0.86. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 0.13 and -0.07 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for SentinelOne Inc. (NYSE: S), KeyBanc Capital Markets launched coverage with a Sector weight rating. Analysts offering their rating for S stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate S as a “sell,”, while 16 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 13 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is S’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $12.00 and a high of $25.00, with their median price target at $16.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for SentinelOne Inc. (S) stock is $17.21.
