First Trust Advisors LP Has $40.09 Million Stake in Dynatrace, Inc. $DT

First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in Dynatrace, Inc. (NYSE:DT) by 87.5% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 726,094 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 338,845 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Dynatrace were worth $40,088,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Quent Capital LLC raised its position in Dynatrace by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 4,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $237,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV increased its stake in shares of Dynatrace by 0.7% in the first quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV now owns 35,767 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,686,000 after buying an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Dynatrace by 15.4% in the second quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 1,869 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,000 after buying an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 21.3% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,548 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,000 after buying an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP lifted its position in Dynatrace by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP now owns 12,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $692,000 after buying an additional 280 shares in the last quarter. 94.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on DT shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $67.00 price objective on shares of Dynatrace in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Dynatrace in a report on Monday. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Dynatrace from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Dynatrace from $68.00 to $64.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Dynatrace in a research note on Monday, November 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $61.59.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Rick M. Mcconnell sold 30,000 shares of Dynatrace stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.61, for a total transaction of $1,398,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 108,125 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,039,706.25. This trade represents a 21.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Dan Zugelder sold 7,503 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total transaction of $375,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,420 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,000. This represents a 84.09% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 39,841 shares of company stock worth $1,881,823. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Dynatrace Stock Performance

Shares of DT stock opened at $45.18 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $47.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.18. Dynatrace, Inc. has a 52-week low of $39.30 and a 52-week high of $63.00. The stock has a market cap of $13.62 billion, a PE ratio of 27.05, a PEG ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.87.

Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03. Dynatrace had a return on equity of 9.24% and a net margin of 27.33%.The company had revenue of $493.85 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $487.33 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.37 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Dynatrace has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.400-0.420 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 1.620-1.640 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Dynatrace, Inc. will post 0.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Dynatrace Profile

Dynatrace, Inc provides a security platform for multicloud environments in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates Dynatrace, a security platform, which provides application and microservices monitoring, runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring, digital business analytics, and cloud automation.