SentinelOne, Inc. is a cybersecurity provider operating in the United States and internationally. Its Singularity Platform uses artificial intelligence to deliver autonomous threat prevention, detection, and response across endpoints, cloud workloads, and identity credentials. The company also offers a generative AI security agent (Purple AI), security information and event management, endpoint security, cloud security, identity security, exposure and vulnerability management, and threat services. It collaborates with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide unified AI governance for customers building on Amazon Bedrock. Formerly known as Sentinel Labs, Inc., it changed its name to SentinelOne, Inc. in March 2021, was incorporated in 2013, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
SentinelOne's AI cloud push grows, but losses and peer beats weigh
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AI efficiency breakthrough at Black Hat SentinelOne showed AI agents can cut input tokens by 86%, making autonomous threat detection cheaper to run. That supports its Purple AI and Autonomous SOC story, which could drive more customers to adopt its platform and lift future revenue.
This is a new technology development that strengthens SentinelOne's competitive position in AI security.
Q2 earnings: guidance raised but stock drops on losses SentinelOne beat revenue expectations and raised full-year guidance, but the stock fell 7.7% because it still lost $93.4 million. Investors worry heavy spending on research is delaying profits, even as new OpenAI-powered tools expand its AI services.
This is the period's key earnings event, showing the tension between growth and profitability that drives the stock.
Wayfinder cloud threat hunting goes live on major clouds SentinelOne launched general availability of Wayfinder Threat Hunting for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, extending AI-powered detection beyond endpoints. This opens new markets and supports multi-product adoption, though hyperscalers could eventually compete with their own tools.
This is a new product launch that expands SentinelOne's addressable market and revenue potential.
Peers beat estimates while SentinelOne lags Tenable and other cybersecurity companies reported stronger quarters relative to expectations, while SentinelOne was the weakest against estimates despite 20.6% revenue growth. This comparison pressures SentinelOne's stock as investors see better execution elsewhere.
This peer comparison highlights SentinelOne's relative underperformance, a key driver of negative sentiment.
Evercore Upgrades Procter & Gamble, Goldman Lifts Palantir Among Week's Top Analyst Calls
Evercore ISI upgraded Procter & Gamble to Outperform from In Line and raised its price target to $166 from $161, citing improving U.S. execution, stabilizing category volumes, and signs the company's new organization is beginning to deliver. Analyst Robert Ottenstein lifted his fiscal first-quarter organic sales growth estimate to about 3% versus a consensus of 2%, saying the quarter could mark the end of downside risk to P&G's sales, and expects the company to exit fiscal 2027 growing about 4%. Goldman Sachs upgraded Palantir to Buy from Neutral on recent underperformance, with analyst Gabriela Borges saying the stock is setting up for another phase of outperformance into 2027, and set a $230 price target. BNP Paribas downgraded GlobalFoundries to Neutral from Outperform, with analyst Karl Ackerman cutting his price target to $51 from $80 and saying growth drivers are priced in. FBN Securities downgraded SentinelOne to Sector Perform from Outperform on concerns about CrowdStrike encroaching on its business, while BNP Paribas raised its NVIDIA price target to $345 from $285 and its Intel price target to $125 from $75, and Citi lifted its AMD price target to $800 from $575, saying it now sees the CPU market hitting $300 billion by 2030.
GFS · Capital · Negative BNP Paribas downgraded GlobalFoundries to Neutral and cut its price target to $51 from $80, saying growth drivers are priced in.
PG · Capital · Positive Evercore ISI upgraded Procter & Gamble to Outperform and raised its price target to $166 from $161 on improving U.S. execution and stabilizing volumes.
PLTR · Capital · Positive Goldman Sachs upgraded Palantir to Buy from Neutral with a $230 price target, citing recent underperformance and a setup for outperformance into 2027.
S · Competition · Negative FBN Securities downgraded SentinelOne to Sector Perform on concerns about CrowdStrike encroaching on its business.
AMD · Capital · Positive Citi lifted its AMD price target to $800 from $575, citing a $300B CPU market by 2030.
INTC · Capital · Positive BNP Paribas raised its Intel price target to $125 from $75.
SentinelOne Shares Rise 3.5% After Singularity AI SIEM Wins CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award
SentinelOne shares jumped 3.5% to $26.28 after the company announced its Singularity AI SIEM security data offering was named SIEM Solution of the Year in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards 2026 program. The independent awards program selected the platform for the recognition, which the company said validates its advanced threat detection capabilities. The gain came as broader indexes climbed to close a record-setting week, with the S&P 500 up 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 158 points, and the Nasdaq composite gaining 0.3%, according to the Associated Press. CNBC reported the market-wide momentum was driven by a rebound in artificial intelligence and SaaS equities after a sharp sell-off over AI revenue concerns a day earlier, as dip-buyers re-entered the market. SentinelOne is up 79.5% since the start of the year and set a new 52-week high at $26.28 per share.
S · Technology · Positive SentinelOne's Singularity AI SIEM won the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for SIEM Solution of the Year, validating its threat detection technology.
SentinelOne Launches Wayfinder Threat Hunting for Cloud Across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
SentinelOne has rolled out general availability of its Wayfinder Threat Hunting for Cloud service, extending coverage to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and tying the launch directly to its AI-led Singularity Platform. The stock last closed at US$25.80, with a 1-month share price return of 29.78% and a year-to-date share price return of 76.23%. The most followed narrative on SentinelOne pegs fair value at $24.25, leaving the stock modestly above that estimate and 6% overvalued, while the SWS DCF model points the other way, putting shares roughly 6.2% below an estimated future cash flow value of $27.49. Analysts behind the popular narrative use an 8.57% discount rate and assume revenue growth in the high teens with margins eventually moving toward US software averages, even as SentinelOne still reports a loss of $340.1 million on $1.10b of revenue. The company's new Flex licensing model is accelerating multi-product adoption, and expansion beyond endpoint security into cloud security, identity, and data protection, including the Prompt Security acquisition for GenAI risk, is expected to lift average contract value and diversify revenue streams.
S · Technology · Positive SentinelOne launched general availability of Wayfinder Threat Hunting for Cloud across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud on its AI-led Singularity Platform.
Tenable Q2 Revenue Rises 8.6% to $268.5 Million, Beating Estimates
Tenable reported second-quarter revenue of $268.5 million, up 8.6% year on year and 1.4% above analysts' expectations, in what the company called a strong quarter. Co-CEO Steve Vintz credited continued momentum in Tenable One, and the results also included an impressive beat of analysts' adjusted operating income estimates and next-quarter EPS guidance exceeding expectations. Tenable's stock is up 12.2% since reporting and trades at $35.31. Across the 9 cybersecurity stocks tracked in the group, revenues beat consensus estimates by 1.7% and next-quarter revenue guidance came in 0.9% above expectations, with share prices up 15.8% on average since the latest earnings results. Among peers, Qualys posted the best quarter with revenue of $182.2 million, up 11% and 2% above expectations, while SentinelOne delivered the weakest performance against estimates despite revenue of $292 million, up 20.6%.
SentinelOne Expands Wayfinder Threat Hunting to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
SentinelOne announced that its Wayfinder Threat Hunting service now covers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, extending AI-powered Singularity telemetry and expert human-led hunting across endpoints, identities, and cloud control planes to address threats such as IAM privilege escalation, unauthorized access, and data exfiltration. A key element of the launch is a unified, continuous hunting workflow that fuses SentinelOne and Google Threat Intelligence, giving security teams consolidated visibility and enriched Purple AI summaries across their entire hybrid cloud environment. The move follows the earlier expansion of Wayfinder Frontier AI Services, which added AI-powered code risk analysis and compromise assessments using advanced OpenAI models, and reinforces SentinelOne's push beyond endpoint security into AI, identity, and cloud. SentinelOne's narrative projects $1.8 billion in revenue and $213.5 million in earnings by 2029, yielding a $24.25 fair value, an 8% upside to its current price, while the most pessimistic analysts still saw only about 16.7% annual revenue growth and no profitability in three years. Investors are still watching the risk that hyperscaler partners eventually prioritize their own security stacks, and that higher compliance costs and rising localization demands could reshape both narratives once the announcement is fully reflected in forecasts.
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S · Technology · Positive SentinelOne expanded its Wayfinder Threat Hunting service to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, extending AI-powered cloud threat detection.
SentinelOne Shares Fall 7.7% Despite Raised Guidance and New OpenAI Tools
In late August 2026, SentinelOne reported second-quarter revenue of US$291.98 million and a net loss of US$93.4 million, raised full-year revenue guidance to US$1.20–US$1.21 billion, and later announced expanded Wayfinder Frontier AI Services powered by OpenAI Daybreak models such as GPT-5.6-Cyber to enhance threat detection and remediation. The integration of frontier AI models like GPT-5.6-Cyber into Wayfinder Frontier AI Services, coupled with human-validated code risk analysis and compromise assessments, could materially strengthen SentinelOne's positioning in AI-powered cybersecurity workflows where accuracy, speed, and expert oversight are critical. Despite these developments, the stock fell 7.7%, reflecting investor concerns about persistent losses and margin pressure from heavy R&D investment. The company's narrative projects US$1.7 billion revenue and US$196.5 million earnings by 2029, requiring 18.0% yearly revenue growth and a US$515.2 million earnings increase from -US$318.7 million today, with a fair value estimate of US$19.87.
OpenAI pledges $1B to subsidize Daybreak cyber tools
OpenAI has committed $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak cyber models and products for organizations through a new initiative called "Daybreak for Frontline Defenders." The program, initially available only in the United States, will also provide hands-on training, technical assistance, and new partnerships over the next six months, with plans to expand to partner countries. Cybersecurity firms including Cloudflare, SentinelOne, Elastic, and Proofpoint have partnered with OpenAI to integrate Daybreak models into their operations. OpenAI will prioritize operators of essential services such as water and electric grid systems, state and local governments, community banks, nonprofits, and open-source maintainers. The company also announced a pilot with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center to train cyber defenders. Daybreak, launched in May, offers AI capabilities for authorized cyber defense, including code review, threat analysis, and vulnerability prioritization.
SentinelOne Expands Wayfinder AI Services with OpenAI Daybreak Models
SentinelOne has announced an expanded set of offerings for its Wayfinder Frontier AI Services, now powered by OpenAI's Daybreak models, starting with GPT-5.6-Cyber, to help enterprises proactively identify and remediate exploitable threats. The new capabilities include AI-powered code risk analysis and AI-enabled compromise assessment, both reinforced by shared malware analysis, detection, and validation. In recent benchmarks, SentinelLABS found that GPT-5.6-Cyber delivered best-in-class reverse engineering and analysis of military-grade malware like fast16. The expanded services are being rolled out in private preview, with broader availability to follow, and are generally available for existing Wayfinder Frontier AI Services.
Artificial Intelligence › AI Applications & Copilots ▲Technology
Cybersecurity & Digital Trust › Security Operations (SIEM/SOAR/XDR/MDR) Technology
S · Technology · Positive SentinelOne expands its Wayfinder AI services with OpenAI's Daybreak models, enhancing its product offerings.
OpenAI · Demand · Positive OpenAI's models are being adopted by SentinelOne for cybersecurity services, indicating growing demand for its AI technology.
SentinelOne reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $292 million, up 21% year over year, exceeding guidance, and delivered record net new ARR of $56 million, up 4%, with total ARR growing 22%. The company achieved a record operating margin of 10%, up 820 basis points, and EPS of $0.08, doubling year over year. CEO Tomer Weingarten highlighted strong momentum in AI security, data, and cloud solutions, with AI security ARR tripling year over year, and noted that SentinelOne Flex now exceeds 10% of total ARR. CFO Sonalee Parekh raised full-year revenue guidance to $1.202 billion to $1.207 billion and operating income to $124 million to $128 million, while also guiding Q3 revenue to $309 million to $311 million and EPS to $0.08 to $0.09. The company ended the quarter with $813 million in cash and no debt, and RPO reached a record $1.7 billion, up 45%.
Elastic and PagerDuty Surge on Earnings, Software Stocks Mixed
Elastic and PagerDuty shares surged on Friday following their latest earnings results, as enterprise software stocks showed mixed action. Elastic, the Amsterdam-based search and AI platform, rocketed about 19% by noon trading after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Thursday. PagerDuty popped up about 9% after beating estimates for its second quarter fiscal 2027 and announcing plans to cut about 15% of its workforce. Meanwhile, the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF inched down 0.7% but has gained over 20% in the past month. ServiceNow shares rose 3.5%, with CFO Gina Mastantuono citing $500 million in AI efficiencies this year and an AI business crossing $1 billion in Q2. Cybersecurity stocks were mostly in the red, led by Rubrik sinking 11% despite strong Q2 results, while SentinelOne dropped 8.5% and Palo Alto Networks slid 4%.
SentinelOne Drops 8% on Profit Forecast Cut, CrowdStrike Falls 7%
SentinelOne shares slid 8% to $20.94 after the company trimmed its full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $0.31 at the midpoint, an 11.4% decrease, overshadowing a revenue beat and dragging CrowdStrike down 7% to $210.98 in a sympathy selloff. The First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF fell 0.7% to $100.13, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF held steady, isolating the decline within the cybersecurity sector. SentinelOne reported fiscal Q2 2027 revenue of $292 million, beating estimates of $290.2 million, and adjusted operating income of $30.53 million against $24.24 million expected, delivering a 10.5% margin. However, customers paying over $100,000 annually grew by only 13 to 1,715, a slower pace than recent periods. Zscaler and Okta also declined, while Palo Alto Networks remains central to the valuation debate, with bulls citing a discount to peers and skeptics pointing to the softer profit guide and slower large-customer growth.
U.S. stock futures slipped slightly Friday morning as investors sifted through corporate earnings and awaited remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. Gap shares rose more than 13% in premarket trading after the retailer named Michael Francis as CEO of Old Navy, its largest brand, and raised its annual profit outlook following a quarterly beat. Marvell Technology fell over 7% despite raising its fiscal 2027 and 2028 revenue forecasts, as investors were disappointed the outlook didn't reflect an accelerated contribution from its AI chip partnership with Google. PayPal tumbled about 14% after Bloomberg reported that Stripe and Advent International abandoned their bid to acquire the payments giant at $60.50 per share, valuing it at over $53 billion. SentinelOne dropped over 4% on a weak profit outlook, while Elastic surged nearly 22% on strong results and a better-than-expected full-year forecast.
Enterprise Software Stocks Surge on AI-Driven Earnings
Enterprise software and SaaS stocks surged in the afternoon session after quarterly earnings and upbeat commentary signaled that artificial intelligence is driving growth rather than threatening legacy business models. ServiceNow jumped 9.8%, Zscaler 9.9%, SentinelOne 11.8%, Asana 8.1%, and Elastic 7.8%, following stronger-than-expected results from major tech firms. Salesforce's AI-powered Agentforce reached $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue, and Slackbot surpassed 1 million active users in five months. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz attributed momentum to AI expanding the attack surface, while Okta said AI-focused offerings drove about 30% of new bookings and increased contract values by roughly 40%. The rally, highlighted by a 20% surge in Salesforce, reflects confidence that established vendors can capture value from AI deployment.
SentinelOne Beats Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
SentinelOne reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $0.08 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.07, and up from $0.04 a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended July 2026 came in at $291.98 million, beating estimates by 0.67% and up from $242.18 million in the prior year. The company has exceeded consensus EPS estimates in each of the last four quarters. Management's commentary on the earnings call will likely influence near-term stock movement, with shares up 36.7% year-to-date versus the S&P 500's 12.1% gain. The current Zacks Rank is #3 (Hold), and the consensus EPS estimate for the coming quarter is $0.11 on revenue of $309.5 million, while the full-year forecast is $0.35 on $1.2 billion in revenue.
In extended trading, Gap shares jumped about 7% after the company announced Michael Francis will become CEO of Old Navy starting Nov. 2, succeeding Haio Barbeito, and reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of 52 cents per share, beating the LSEG consensus of 48 cents. Marvell Technology was marginally lower despite beating expectations with adjusted earnings of 94 cents per share on $2.74 billion in revenue, versus the anticipated 93 cents and $2.71 billion. Workday dropped 5.7% after its current-quarter subscription revenue outlook only matched analyst expectations, though it surpassed estimates on both top and bottom lines for the second quarter. Rubrik tumbled 10% despite beating analyst expectations for the second quarter and hiking its guidance, reporting adjusted earnings of 20 cents per share on $427 million in revenue, versus the expected 4 cents and $396 million. Autodesk slid 6% after its earnings projections disappointed, with third-quarter adjusted earnings guidance of $3.04 to $3.09 per share below the $3.14 consensus, and full-year guidance of $12.52 to $12.60 per share versus the $12.60 anticipated. Elastic N.V. surged 15% after full-year guidance topped expectations, with adjusted earnings of $3.29 to $3.37 per share on revenue of $1.998 billion to $2.010 billion, beating the $3.24 and $1.99 billion estimates. SentinelOne shed almost 7% after issuing a weak current-quarter and full-year earnings outlook, overshadowing a stronger-than-expected second-quarter report.
CrowdStrike surges 15% on Q2 results, analysts raise targets
CrowdStrike shares jumped 15% in early trading Thursday after its second-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings demonstrated AI-related demand and market share gains, prompting analysts to raise price targets. Needham analysts Mike Cikos and Matthew Calitri noted the company outperformed every guided metric and raised full-year guidance, with FY27 net-new ARR growth raised by 630 basis points to 34% year-over-year. Needham retained a Buy rating and lifted its price target to $250 from $235, while Morgan Stanley reiterated Overweight and raised its target to $238 from $227, citing strong customer traction. Goldman Sachs also increased its target to $230 from $208, highlighting AI projects catalyzing security modernization. Competitors Palo Alto Networks and SentinelOne also rose, up 9% and 7% respectively.
SentinelOne and Tenable Research Shows Attackers Target Vendor Ecosystems
New joint research from SentinelOne and Tenable finds that cyber attackers, including nation-state and criminal actors, are focusing on edge-device vendor ecosystems rather than individual vulnerabilities. The study, which combines Tenable's exposure data with SentinelOne's runtime detection, shows that exposure data and runtime detection converge on the same vendor surfaces 79% of the time, while sharing only 21% overlap at the individual vulnerability level. Twelve vulnerabilities in the dataset carry confirmed multi-nexus attribution, with state-sponsored and ransomware operators independently exploiting the same flaws across five threat categories, including China, Russia, DPRK, Iran-nexus, and criminal actors. More than half of organizations running F5 products have at least one exposed, actively exploited vulnerability, and Citrix customers take a median of 461 days to remediate, the slowest of any vendor studied. The research also highlights a statistically significant 24-day gap in remediation complexity, underscoring that patching speed alone is insufficient without attack surface minimization and endpoint protection.
Cybersecurity & Digital Trust › Endpoint & Network Security ▼Competition
S · Demand · Positive SentinelOne's joint research with Tenable highlights its runtime detection capabilities, potentially increasing demand for its security solutions.
TENB · Demand · Positive Tenable's exposure data is central to the research, showcasing its value in identifying vulnerabilities and potentially boosting demand for its products.
FFIV · Demand · Negative More than half of organizations running F5 products have at least one exposed, actively exploited vulnerability, indicating a security risk that could affect customer trust and demand.
Citrix Systems · Demand · Negative Citrix customers take the slowest remediation time (461 days), indicating a security weakness that could harm customer confidence and demand.
SentinelOne to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock?
SentinelOne is set to release second-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Aug. 27, 2026, with the company expecting revenues between $289 million and $291 million and adjusted earnings between 6 cents and 8 cents per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is pegged at $290.03 million, suggesting growth of 19.76% from the year-ago quarter, while the consensus earnings estimate has remained at 7 cents per share over the past 30 days, implying 75% growth. SentinelOne's earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, with an average earnings surprise of 47.50%. The company's second-quarter performance is expected to have benefited from sustained momentum across endpoint, AI, data and cloud security, with annual recurring revenues increasing 23% year over year in the fiscal first quarter and net new ARR rising 55% to a record $44 million. SentinelOne expects second-quarter fiscal 2027 operating income of $23 million to $25 million, implying an operating margin of about 8% at the midpoint, though macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties could have affected enterprise spending and deal timing.
SentinelOne Reports 86% Lower Input Token Use for AI Agents
SentinelOne unveiled new AI research at the Black Hat conference showing an 86% reduction in input tokens for long-running AI agents, aimed at making autonomous threat detection and response more efficient. The company, which has a market cap of about US$7.5b, said the efficiency gains could allow security teams to process more telemetry and investigations without linearly higher resource costs. The research reinforces SentinelOne's existing narrative around AI-driven automation, Purple AI, and the Autonomous SOC as catalysts for multi-product adoption. Investors will watch whether upcoming disclosures show customers expanding usage of Purple AI, Hyperautomation, and the broader Singularity Platform.
SentinelOne Expands AWS AI Security Integration as Revenue Growth Accelerates
SentinelOne expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services by integrating its AI security tools into a single governance layer for Amazon Bedrock. The integration combines Prompt Security, Singularity Cloud Security, and Singularity AI SIEM into Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, providing a unified dashboard for AI risk management, with general availability targeted for AWS re:Invent 2026. The announcement comes as SentinelOne's fiscal first quarter revenue rose 21% year over year to $277 million, and the company guided for $289 million to $291 million in the following quarter, up from $242 million a year earlier. Operating loss narrowed to $79.7 million from $87.5 million, and net loss dropped to $76.2 million from $208.2 million. However, the company remains unprofitable on a GAAP basis, and two executives sold shares during this period: CFO Sonalee Parekh sold 12,987 shares on July 27, 2026, for about $237,013, and CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 53,811 shares on August 6, for roughly $1.1 million, both in mandatory sell-to-cover trades tied to vesting restricted stock units.
SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten sells 53,811 shares for $1.1 million in automated sell-to-cover transaction
SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten sold 53,811 shares of Class A Common Stock on August 6, 2026, for a total value of approximately $1.1 million. The transaction was mandated by the company's equity incentive plan to fund tax withholding liabilities resulting from the vesting of restricted stock units, and does not reflect a discretionary decision. Weingarten continues to hold 1,840,586 shares directly, valued at $38.21 million based on the August 6 market close of $20.76. The sale occurred the day before SentinelOne stock hit a 52-week high of $21.51 on August 7, with shares up roughly 20% over the prior year. SentinelOne reported 21% revenue growth to $277 million in its fiscal first quarter and expects second-quarter revenue between $289 million and $291 million, though it remains unprofitable with a net loss of $76.2 million in the latest quarter.
S · Capital · Neutral CEO's automated sell-to-cover for tax withholding, not discretionary; stock near 52-week high with strong revenue growth but unprofitable.
SentinelOne ARR Hits $1.16 Billion but Operating Losses Persist
SentinelOne’s annual recurring revenue reached $1.16 billion in the first quarter, with year-on-year growth averaging 22.8% over the last four quarters, signaling strong customer commitment to its AI-powered cybersecurity platform. Analysts project the company’s free cash flow margin will improve from 3.5% to 12.5% over the next year, potentially giving it more capital deployment options. However, SentinelOne’s GAAP operating margin has averaged negative 29.9% over the past year due to heavy spending to capture market share, though Wall Street expects the aggressive strategy to eventually lead to profitability. The stock has returned 27.7% over the past six months, outperforming the S&P 500 by 19.1%, and trades at 5.1 times forward price-to-sales, or $18.25 per share.
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2 billion valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Cybersecurity startup Glow emerged from stealth with a $1.2 billion valuation after raising $180 million in an all-equity Series A round. The Palo Alto-based company, founded in 2025 by former Meta and Snowflake executives, is building an endpoint security platform that uses specialized AI agents to monitor and control software, AI agents, and developer tools on employee devices. Backers include Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, Greenoaks, and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Index Ventures, Swish Ventures, Lux Capital, Operator Collective, and Holly Ventures. Glow says it already has paying customers across healthcare, retail, and financial services, with typical deployments spanning tens of thousands of devices, though it declined to disclose customer names or numbers. The startup enters a market dominated by CrowdStrike, Microsoft, SentinelOne, and Palo Alto Networks, aiming to prevent risky software from entering environments rather than just detecting threats after they emerge.
CrowdStrike Q1 revenue rises 25.6% to $1.39 billion, beating estimates
CrowdStrike reported first-quarter revenue of $1.39 billion, up 25.6% year on year and exceeding analyst expectations by 1.7%. The cybersecurity company also issued earnings per share guidance for the next quarter and full year that surpassed estimates. Among nine tracked cybersecurity stocks, the group posted a satisfactory quarter with aggregate revenue beating consensus by 1.6% and next-quarter guidance in line. Palo Alto Networks delivered the strongest performance with revenue of $3.00 billion, up 31.1% and beating estimates by 2%, while SentinelOne was the weakest, reporting revenue of $276.7 million, up 20.8% and in line with expectations, but missing billings and next-quarter EPS guidance significantly. Since reporting, CrowdStrike shares have risen 13.2% to $211.67, and the broader cybersecurity group has averaged a 50.5% share price gain.
SentinelOne Pursues CrowdStrike-Like Platform Strategy Amid AI Boom
SentinelOne is pursuing a platform strategy similar to CrowdStrike's, expanding from endpoint security into cloud security, identity protection, data analytics, and AI-powered tools. CrowdStrike built a dominant cybersecurity platform by using endpoint security as a starting point to cross-sell additional services, and SentinelOne's Singularity platform now mirrors that approach. The rise of artificial intelligence is expected to increase demand for cybersecurity platforms, creating a larger opportunity for SentinelOne, though CrowdStrike still holds a significant lead with quarterly revenue of $1.4 billion compared to SentinelOne's $277 million. SentinelOne's Purple AI platform also uses AI to help security teams investigate threats and respond to incidents more efficiently.
Cisco Eyes SentinelOne Acquisition and Expands Data Centers in Italy and Bahrain
Cisco Systems is reportedly a leading candidate to acquire AI-focused cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which holds FedRAMP High authorization, as a way to strengthen its security portfolio amid flat security revenue. Separately, Cisco is expanding its data center footprint in Italy and Bahrain, aligning with trends in AI, machine learning, big data, and IoT infrastructure. The potential deal and new facilities raise questions about how Cisco may position its AI-era security and data infrastructure offerings across government and commercial markets. Cisco stock trades at $119.25, with returns up 79.5% over the past year and 56.8% year to date, though it is down 1.5% over the last 30 days.
Elastic, Veeva Systems, SentinelOne Shares Soar as Investors Rotate into Oversold Enterprise Software
Shares of Elastic, Veeva Systems, and SentinelOne jumped in afternoon trading as investors rotated into oversold enterprise software names amid profit-taking in semiconductor stocks. Elastic rose 4.1%, Veeva Systems gained 3.6%, and SentinelOne climbed 3.8%, while the Nasdaq retreated and chip stocks like Micron fell 4%. The rotation reflects a shift from AI infrastructure to application-layer software, as recent data showed incumbents like ServiceNow and Salesforce successfully monetizing AI through premium add-ons rather than facing cannibalization. The move follows a period of severe valuation compression in software stocks, dubbed the 'SaaSpocalypse', driven by fears that AI agents would disrupt per-seat licensing models. With semiconductor valuations stretched, capital is hunting for quality software names with depressed forward multiples, though risks remain if macroeconomic pressures force enterprise CIOs to consolidate vendors.
Scotiabank Upgrades SentinelOne to Outperform on AI-Native Cybersecurity Platform
Scotiabank upgraded SentinelOne to Outperform in early July 2026, citing confidence in the company's AI-native cybersecurity platform and its exposure to rising security spending. The upgrade coincided with routine sell-to-cover stock sales by the CFO and president tied to restricted stock unit vesting. SentinelOne recently launched Purple AI Agentic Investigation and Prompt Security integrations with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, reinforcing its AI capabilities beyond endpoint protection. The company projects $1.7 billion in revenue and $203.9 million in earnings by 2029, requiring 18.1% annual revenue growth and a $654.6 million earnings improvement from a current loss of $450.7 million.
StockStory Highlights SentinelOne and NetApp as Cash-Producing Stocks with Potential, Flags Carnival as Facing Headwinds
StockStory identified two cash-producing stocks with exciting potential and one facing headwinds. SentinelOne, with a trailing 12-month free cash flow margin of 3.5%, is noted for its 22.8% annual recurring revenue growth and estimated 19.4% revenue growth over the next 12 months. NetApp, with a 27% free cash flow margin, has seen billings growth averaging 7.3% over two years and annual earnings per share growth of 15% driven by share buybacks. Carnival, with an 11.7% free cash flow margin, is flagged as risky due to disappointing passenger cruise days indicating weak demand and a low return on invested capital of 1.4%.
SentinelOne Gains Attention as AI Drives Cybersecurity Demand
SentinelOne is drawing investor interest as the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence creates new cybersecurity challenges. The company offers a broad platform called Singularity that protects devices, cloud environments, identities, data, and AI-powered applications, positioning it as a one-stop security provider rather than a single-product vendor. Its subscription-based model generated $1.2 billion in annualized recurring revenue last quarter, up 23% year over year, with growth potential as existing customers add more services. SentinelOne also uses AI through its Purple AI platform to simplify threat investigations and automate responses, benefiting from AI trends on both the demand and solution sides.
Intezer Launches Custom Agents to Automate SOC Workflows
Intezer has introduced Custom Agents, a new capability that allows security teams to build their own AI agents within the Intezer platform to automate unique SOC routines. The platform already uses autonomous agents to triage, investigate, and respond to alerts, investigating 100 percent of alerts and escalating fewer than 2 percent for human review. With Custom Agents, customers can automate additional investigation work, report generation, and other recurring tasks specific to their environment. Agents are created using natural language and can run on a schedule, on an event, or on demand, integrating with tools like CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Entra ID. Custom Agents is available now in beta to Intezer customers at no cost during the beta period.
Cybersecurity & Digital Trust › Security Operations (SIEM/SOAR/XDR/MDR) Competition
Intezer · Technology · Positive Intezer launches Custom Agents, a new AI capability to automate SOC workflows, enhancing its platform's value.
CRWD · Demand · Positive Intezer's Custom Agents integrate with CrowdStrike, potentially increasing demand for CrowdStrike's platform as part of automated SOC workflows.
S · Demand · Positive Intezer's Custom Agents integrate with SentinelOne, potentially increasing demand for SentinelOne's platform as part of automated SOC workflows.
Splunk Inc. · Demand · Positive Intezer's Custom Agents integrate with Splunk, potentially increasing demand for Splunk's platform as part of automated SOC workflows.
SentinelOne Launches AWS AI Security Tools for Agentic Workflows
SentinelOne is integrating its security platform with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to provide automated AI protection for agentic workflows on AWS. The company is also launching Purple AI Agentic Investigation, paired with Singularity Credits, to support autonomous, machine-speed threat investigations and flexible AI-powered work. These product launches introduce new tools for securing AI-driven processes and may broaden how enterprises use SentinelOne's platform. The Amazon Bedrock AgentCore integration positions SentinelOne alongside hyperscaler-native controls for customers building on AWS, while Purple AI Agentic Investigation and Singularity Credits give security operations teams a way to handle more alerts without adding headcount and provide a usage-based monetization lever tied to AI-powered work. Together, these launches expand the addressable use cases for the Singularity Platform into prompt security, agent governance, and autonomous investigations.
MongoDB, Bandwidth, and SentinelOne stocks rise as US-Iran de-escalation eases macro fears
Shares of MongoDB, Bandwidth, and SentinelOne rose sharply in afternoon trading after the United States and Iran agreed to halt military exchanges, easing fears of a wider Middle East conflict. MongoDB jumped 5.9%, Bandwidth gained 5.6%, and SentinelOne climbed 6.6%. The de-escalation lowered oil prices and reduced inflation concerns, diminishing the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike later in the year. This benefited long-duration growth software stocks, which are highly sensitive to interest rate expectations. The rally was also supported by a chip-to-software rotation triggered by a June 25 report that OpenAI may delay its IPO, reducing fears that AI labs would quickly disrupt incumbent SaaS companies.
SentinelOne Outperforms Okta as the Better Enterprise Cybersecurity Buy, Says Zacks
SentinelOne is the stronger buy compared to Okta among enterprise cybersecurity stocks, according to Zacks Investment Research. SentinelOne carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) while Okta holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). SentinelOne benefits from faster revenue growth, with annualized recurring revenues up 23% year over year to $1.16 billion, and its AI-native Singularity platform is gaining traction as non-endpoint solutions approach 50% of total ARR. Okta reported more than 20,000 total customers and 5,180 customers spending over $100,000 annually, with new products contributing about 25% of bookings, but faces competitive pressure and elongated sales cycles. Year to date, Okta shares have gained 43.7% while SentinelOne shares have risen 6.1%, though both stocks are considered overvalued with a Value Score of F.
SentinelOne Shows Promise While OneWater and JELD-WEN Underwhelm
StockStory highlights SentinelOne as an unprofitable stock to watch, citing its 22.8% annual recurring revenue growth and projected 19.4% revenue increase over the next 12 months, while flagging OneWater Marine and JELD-WEN as stocks to sell. OneWater Marine reported a trailing 12-month GAAP operating margin of negative 5.3%, with earnings per share declining 62.5% annually over three years and a high net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 6 times. JELD-WEN posted a trailing 12-month GAAP operating margin of negative 9.1%, with shrinking returns on capital and depleting cash reserves. SentinelOne, with a trailing 12-month GAAP operating margin of negative 29.9%, is expected to see its free cash flow margin improve by 7.8 percentage points in the coming year.
JELD · Capital · Negative JELD-WEN posted a trailing 12-month GAAP operating margin of negative 9.1%, with shrinking returns on capital and depleting cash reserves, and is flagged as a stock to sell.
ONEW · Capital · Negative OneWater Marine reported a trailing 12-month GAAP operating margin of negative 5.3%, with earnings per share declining 62.5% annually over three years and a high net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 6 times, and is flagged as a stock to sell.
S · Capital · Positive SentinelOne is highlighted as an unprofitable stock to watch with 22.8% annual recurring revenue growth, projected 19.4% revenue increase, and expected free cash flow margin improvement of 7.8 percentage points.
SentinelOne Stock Could Be 36% Below Fair Value After Purple AI Update
SentinelOne stock could be trading 36% below its fair value following the unveiling of Purple AI Agentic Investigation, a zero-click autonomous threat investigation capability. The company also announced new Singularity Credits and an upcoming Amazon Bedrock AgentCore integration. With shares at $15.02, a widely followed fair value estimate places the stock at about $19.15, suggesting a significant discount. The new SentinelOne Flex licensing model is accelerating multi-product adoption, leading to larger deal sizes and rising recurring revenue. However, a discounted cash flow analysis indicates a 36.3% discount to estimated future cash flow value, while the stock's 4.9 times price-to-sales ratio remains above the 3.2 times average for US software peers.
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