CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYBR) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYBR) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the thirty-two research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-three have assigned a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $464.50.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of CyberArk Software from $520.00 to $470.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $520.00 to $460.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered CyberArk Software from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, November 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut CyberArk Software from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $440.00 to $502.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded CyberArk Software from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th.

Institutional Trading of CyberArk Software

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CYBR. DNB Asset Management AS lifted its position in shares of CyberArk Software by 14.5% during the fourth quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 9,384 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,186,000 after purchasing an additional 1,191 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in CyberArk Software during the 4th quarter worth $301,000. Meridian Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in CyberArk Software in the 4th quarter worth $468,000. Pure Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in CyberArk Software in the 4th quarter worth $375,000. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC boosted its position in CyberArk Software by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 2,085 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $930,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.84% of the company’s stock.

CyberArk Software Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CYBR opened at $381.72 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $449.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of $458.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.27 billion, a PE ratio of -130.28, a P/E/G ratio of 18.57 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 2.14. CyberArk Software has a 12 month low of $288.63 and a 12 month high of $526.19.

CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.18. CyberArk Software had a positive return on equity of 0.77% and a negative net margin of 10.79%.The business had revenue of $372.65 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $377.22 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.80 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that CyberArk Software will post -0.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting CyberArk Software

Here are the key news stories impacting CyberArk Software this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat on EPS and strong revenue growth: CyberArk reported $1.33 EPS (above consensus ~ $1.13–$1.15) and revenue up 18.5% year‑over‑year, showing healthy top‑line momentum that supports long‑term subscription growth. CyberArk Q4 Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst revision: DA Davidson raised its price target sharply to $573 and kept a Buy rating, signaling continued conviction in CyberArk’s growth profile and implying substantial upside versus current levels. DA Davidson raises PT (Benzinga)
• Neutral Sentiment: Company commentary and slide deck available — management provided supporting materials and a conference presentation with the quarter, useful for modeling but not dramatically changing the headline beat/miss narrative. Q4 Slide Deck
• Neutral Sentiment: Company released a formal “record fourth quarter and full‑year 2025” results announcement — reinforces the earnings beat but investors are parsing details. CyberArk Announces Record Q4 (Yahoo)
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caution earlier in the day: Barclays trimmed its price target from $520 to $460 and moved to Equal Weight, signaling reduced near‑term upside expectations and likely contributing to selling pressure. Barclays lowers PT (Benzinga)
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho lowered its target from $520 to $470 (kept Outperform), another intra‑day tempering of analyst optimism that can amplify volatility despite the beat. Mizuho lowers PT (Benzinga)
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue slightly missed consensus (~$372.7M vs. ~$377.2M) and the business still reports negative net margins and a negative ROE—factors that keep valuation questions alive and can offset the EPS beat in investor assessments. CyberArk Q4 Press Release

About CyberArk Software

CyberArk Software Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that focuses on identity security and privileged access management. Its core mission is to protect organizations from cyber threats that target privileged accounts, credentials and secrets that can provide attackers with broad access to critical systems. CyberArk’s offerings are designed to help enterprises control, monitor and secure privileged credentials across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, reducing the risk of lateral movement and data breaches.

The company delivers a suite of software and cloud services that address privileged access, secrets management, endpoint privilege management and identity-based threat detection.