UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Upgraded at Citigroup

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, Zacks reports.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of UiPath from $12.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, September 4th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on UiPath from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 4th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on UiPath from $15.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 3rd. Truist Financial raised their price target on UiPath from $12.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on UiPath from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.75.

UiPath Stock Down 2.9%

Shares of UiPath stock opened at $13.61 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $7.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.31, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $14.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.01. UiPath has a 52 week low of $9.20 and a 52 week high of $19.84.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 3rd. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.15. The firm had revenue of $410.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $397.77 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 9.70% and a net margin of 21.03%.The firm’s revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.15 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that UiPath will post 0.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 1,402,347 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.07, for a total value of $22,535,716.29. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 26,491,238 shares in the company, valued at approximately $425,714,194.66. This trade represents a 5.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 22.44% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UiPath

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PATH. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in shares of UiPath by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 140,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after purchasing an additional 10,872 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP increased its position in shares of UiPath by 69.6% during the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 22,566 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,000 after purchasing an additional 9,257 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its position in shares of UiPath by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,477,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,221,000 after purchasing an additional 75,737 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in UiPath during the 2nd quarter valued at $169,000. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. raised its holdings in UiPath by 90.1% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 34,029 shares of the company’s stock valued at $436,000 after buying an additional 16,125 shares during the period. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

UiPath News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Citi initiated coverage of UiPath with a Buy rating and a $23 price target, implying substantial upside from recent trading levels. Analyst support may help establish a valuation floor following the post-earnings selloff. UiPath Slips 3% Despite Citi Buy Initiation and $23 Target
• Positive Sentiment: UiPath released a global survey highlighting enterprise demand for orchestration to move agentic-AI projects beyond pilot programs. The report supports the company’s positioning in workflow automation and AI deployment, although it does not provide a direct financial forecast. UiPath Survey Points to Orchestration as Key to Scaling Enterprise Deployments
• Positive Sentiment: UiPath also gained a new integration from Synthesized for automated test-data provisioning, potentially expanding the practical use of its platform in continuous software testing. Synthesized Launches UiPath Integration
• Negative Sentiment: The main catalyst for selling has been UiPath’s fiscal third-quarter revenue guidance: the midpoint reportedly fell short of Wall Street expectations. That outlook overshadowed a second-quarter revenue beat, stronger profitability, and raised full-year guidance. Why UiPath Stock Is Trading Lower
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts have raised price targets but remain cautious or hold-rated, signaling that investors want clearer evidence that AI features can accelerate revenue growth. This cautious response has extended the post-earnings selloff despite the company’s operational improvements. PATH Stock Wrapped Its Worst Week in Four Months

About UiPath

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.