UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Trading 7.8% Higher – Should You Buy?

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH)’s share price was up 7.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $17.35 and last traded at $17.21. Approximately 34,578,376 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 120% from the average daily volume of 15,709,134 shares. The stock had previously closed at $15.96.

Key Headlines Impacting UiPath

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Index inclusion — S&P announced UiPath will join the S&P MidCap 400 (replacing Synovus) before the open on Jan. 2; that planned inclusion is the primary driver of today’s upside because passive funds and ETFs that track the index will buy shares ahead of or at reconstitution. UiPath Stock Pops After S&P MidCap 400 Promotion
• Positive Sentiment: Positive narrative and momentum — Coverage (including Barron’s and Investopedia) highlights UiPath as an AI/automation beneficiary and notes the stock’s strong 2025 performance, reinforcing investor interest ahead of the index move. UiPath Stock Is Surging. Why the AI Winner Is Getting a Big Boost.
• Positive Sentiment: Pre-announcement buying and volume — Reports show bullish options/flow and elevated volume in recent sessions, consistent with positioning ahead of the S&P change. Bullish flow in UiPath with shares up 3.88%
• Neutral Sentiment: Market coverage and snapshots — Multiple outlets and market pages are tracking PATH’s price action and metrics; useful for context but not new fundamental news. Nike, UiPath gain in premarket; Intel falls
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CEO Daniel Dines disclosed sales of 45,000 shares (recent filings show multiple small sales); while a small percentage of his holdings, visible insider sales can raise short-term caution among some investors. SEC filing for insider sale
• Negative Sentiment: Volatility and mixed flows — Coverage notes mixed options sentiment and sessions of profit-taking (including a recent pullback), so investors should expect elevated short-term volatility even as index flows support the price. Mixed options sentiment in UiPath with shares down 4.94%

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of UiPath from $14.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Wall Street Zen cut UiPath from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 6th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on UiPath from $13.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of UiPath in a research report on Monday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.00.

UiPath Stock Up 7.8%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $15.46 and a 200-day moving average of $13.44. The stock has a market cap of $9.20 billion, a PE ratio of 40.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.05 and a beta of 1.10.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at UiPath

In related news, insider Brad Brubaker sold 27,580 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.55, for a total value of $511,609.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 635,359 shares in the company, valued at $11,785,909.45. This trade represents a 4.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.49, for a total transaction of $742,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 28,748,585 shares in the company, valued at $474,064,166.65. This represents a 0.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,125,650 shares of company stock valued at $33,618,212. Corporate insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PATH. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in UiPath in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its stake in shares of UiPath by 320.4% during the 2nd quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 2,476 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 1,887 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of UiPath by 48.0% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 969 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of UiPath by 508.0% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 3,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 2,743 shares during the period. Finally, Bayforest Capital Ltd boosted its stake in shares of UiPath by 852.4% in the second quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd now owns 4,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 3,708 shares in the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.