UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Price Target Raised to $15.00

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) had its price objective raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $13.00 to $15.00 in a research note published on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an equal weight rating on the stock.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of UiPath from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 30th. Oppenheimer reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of UiPath in a research report on Friday. New Street Research set a $13.00 target price on shares of UiPath in a research report on Monday, June 1st. UBS Group set a $16.00 target price on shares of UiPath in a research note on Friday. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of UiPath from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, UiPath presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $16.33.

UiPath Price Performance

PATH opened at $15.27 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $13.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $11.95. The stock has a market cap of $7.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.02. UiPath has a 12 month low of $9.20 and a 12 month high of $19.84.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 3rd. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15. UiPath had a return on equity of 9.70% and a net margin of 21.03%.The company had revenue of $410.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $397.77 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.15 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that UiPath will post 0.4 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at UiPath

In related news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 1,402,347 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 26,491,238 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $425,714,194.66. This trade represents a 5.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 22.44% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UiPath

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of UiPath by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 12,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,000 after acquiring an additional 861 shares during the last quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of UiPath by 9.0% during the first quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 12,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of UiPath by 36.5% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,000 after purchasing an additional 1,329 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of UiPath by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 27,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 1,455 shares during the period. Finally, Wedbush Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of UiPath by 14.0% in the 2nd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 11,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,465 shares during the period. 62.50% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about UiPath

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UiPath reported fiscal Q2 revenue of approximately $410.3 million, up about 13% year over year and above the $397.8 million analyst estimate. Adjusted EPS of $0.15 matched expectations, while the company posted its fourth consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability. UiPath Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Annual recurring revenue rose 12% to $1.938 billion. Management said AI-led orchestration is helping generate larger strategic deals, broaden platform adoption and improve retention, supporting its view that AI can expand demand for automation. PATH Q2 Earnings Call Centers on AI-Led Platform Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Several firms raised their price targets after the report, including BMO Capital Markets to $18 and Truist Financial to $17, reflecting improved valuation support despite generally cautious ratings.
• Neutral Sentiment: UiPath lifted its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook to approximately $1.789 billion-$1.794 billion and guided fiscal Q3 revenue to $440 million-$445 million, broadly in line with expectations. The outlook represents an improvement but does not signal a sharp reacceleration. UiPath Fiscal 2027 Guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: The company announced executive leadership changes and appointed a new board member, adding a transition element for investors to monitor. UiPath Announces Executive Leadership Changes
• Negative Sentiment: Investors viewed the guidance as evidence that growth may remain near 12%-13%, with limited proof of sustained acceleration. That concern overshadowed the quarterly revenue beat, particularly after the stock’s recent rally. UiPath Tumbles as Guided Slowdown Overshadows Revenue Beat
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and disruption concerns persist as investors question whether generative AI and rival platforms could pressure UiPath’s automation business. Analyst reactions remained restrained: Mizuho, Wells Fargo and Bank of America retained neutral-to-negative stances despite raising targets. UiPath Slips as Competition Concerns Persist

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.