UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Lowered to Buy Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of UiPath (NYSE:PATH) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a report published on Sunday.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of UiPath from $14.00 to $15.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Evercore raised their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of UiPath in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded UiPath from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.00.

UiPath Stock Up 7.0%

NYSE PATH opened at $12.92 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.76, a PEG ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.07. UiPath has a twelve month low of $9.38 and a twelve month high of $19.84. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $15.70 and a 200 day simple moving average of $14.01.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $411.11 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.46 million. UiPath had a net margin of 14.79% and a return on equity of 3.73%. The company’s revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.11 EPS. Research analysts expect that UiPath will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at UiPath

In other UiPath news, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $8,968,150.80. This trade represents a 10.80% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.21, for a total value of $864,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 29,153,585 shares in the company, valued at $560,040,367.85. The trade was a 0.15% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 950,048 shares of company stock worth $15,881,744 over the last three months. 23.19% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of UiPath

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Noble Wealth Management PBC bought a new position in UiPath in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of UiPath in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of UiPath in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in UiPath during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its holdings in UiPath by 1,270.8% during the fourth quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 1,782 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 1,652 shares during the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

More UiPath News

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UiPath announced the acquisition of WorkFusion, a specialist in agentic AI for AML/KYC and financial-crime compliance — the deal expands PATH’s product stack into regulated financial services and should accelerate cross‑sell into banks. UiPath Acquires WorkFusion to Automate AML and KYC at Scale
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets highlight the same acquisition and its strategic fit — reinforcing the narrative that UiPath is building “agentic” AI offerings tailored to high-value, regulated customers (likely supporting revenue and ARPU upside). UiPath pushes deeper into financial services with WorkFusion acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/market narrative is shifting toward AI tailwinds and institutional buys — coverage notes index adds and larger asset managers (Vanguard, BlackRock, BofA) increased positions late last year, which can amplify inflows and multiple expansion. How The Narrative Around UiPath (PATH) Is Shifting With AI Themes And New Index Adds
• Positive Sentiment: Market research/ratings changes: Wall Street Zen moved its coverage to a Buy stance, lending further near‑term credibility to the optimism. Wall Street Zen Downgrades UiPath (NYSE:PATH) to Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Retail/coverage mentions: some retail outlets profile PATH as an “under‑the‑radar” AI bargain for 2026 — such pieces can attract retail interest but are less material than the deal or institutional flows. Yehey.com – Under-the-Radar AI Stock to Watch for a 2026 Bargain
• Negative Sentiment: Contrarian/social sentiment: some social threads label UiPath among weaker AI stocks, and caution around integration risks and profitability remains; short‑term volatility could follow if execution slips. UiPath (PATH) Announces Acquisition of WorkFusion to Strengthen Agentic AI Portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation/technical headwinds: despite the positive headlines, PATH is trading below its 50‑day moving average and faces profitability and guidance execution risk; investors should watch integration milestones and whether sales lift justifies current multiples. No external link

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.