UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Trading Down 7.6% Following Insider Selling

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH) was down 7.6% on Tuesday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $15.50 and last traded at $15.9380. Approximately 49,498,254 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 77% from the average daily volume of 27,973,926 shares. The stock had previously closed at $17.24.

Specifically, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.61, for a total transaction of $747,450.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 28,118,585 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $467,049,696.85. This represents a 0.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.17, for a total value of $772,650.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 28,208,585 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $484,341,404.45. The trade was a 0.16% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In other news, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.32, for a total value of $779,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 28,253,585 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $489,352,092.20. This trade represents a 0.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PATH has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. DA Davidson lifted their target price on shares of UiPath from $12.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on UiPath from $19.00 to $17.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Zacks Research upgraded UiPath from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 30th. Truist Financial set a $17.00 target price on UiPath in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on UiPath from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $16.00.

More UiPath News

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UiPath’s Screen Agent (powered by Claude Opus 4.5) ranked No.1 on an OSWorld-verified benchmark for agentic automation — a tangible product validation that supports commercial & technical differentiation. Business Wire: UiPath Screen Agent Ranking
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call-option activity: investors bought ~134,459 PATH calls (≈54% above normal daily call volume), signaling bullish speculative interest or hedging ahead of catalysts. (trade data)
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish coverage and narratives around AI/automation momentum — e.g., a Seeking Alpha piece argues UiPath is positioned to outperform due to re-accelerating revenue and a path to GAAP profitability, which can attract growth-focused buyers. Seeking Alpha: Why UiPath Is Poised To Outperform
• Neutral Sentiment: Management outreach/visibility: UiPath presented at the Needham Growth Conference (transcript available) — useful for reaffirming guidance and investor Q&A, but not an immediate price driver absent new guidance. Needham Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Market positioning and analyst mix remain mixed: institutional inflows and improved momentum metrics are balanced by a MarketBeat consensus “Hold” and a ~$16 price target — implying limited upside from current levels absent stronger guidance or monetization of agentic AI. (market data)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by CEO Daniel Dines: multiple recent blocks of ~45k shares sold across several days (latest filings disclose sales and SEC filing), which can create near-term selling pressure and raise investor concern about timing of sales. SEC filing: Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Headline flow noting shares “sliding today” and elevated volume points to short-term technical/headline-driven selling even as fundamentals show improvement. MSN: Why PATH Shares Are Sliding

UiPath Trading Down 3.8%

The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $15.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.89. The stock has a market cap of $8.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.58, a PEG ratio of 4.68 and a beta of 1.08.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $411.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.46 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 3.73% and a net margin of 14.79%.UiPath’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.11 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that UiPath, Inc. will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On UiPath

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Accurate Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in UiPath in the fourth quarter valued at about $168,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in UiPath by 92.3% during the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 2,579 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 1,238 shares during the period. Evolution Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in UiPath during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $248,000. M.E. Allison & CO. Inc. bought a new stake in shares of UiPath in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,113,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of UiPath by 384.8% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 584,957 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,587,000 after purchasing an additional 464,304 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.50% of the company’s stock.

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.