Shares of CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYBR - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday after Truist Financial raised their price target on the stock from $350.00 to $385.00. Truist Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. CyberArk Software traded as high as $373.44 and last traded at $370.55, with a volume of 94273 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $359.46.
Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $355.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $340.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $340.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of CyberArk Software from $355.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $363.56.
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Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of CyberArk Software by 32.3% during the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 1,603,744 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $534,287,000 after acquiring an additional 391,900 shares during the last quarter. Groupama Asset Managment lifted its position in CyberArk Software by 0.5% in the third quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 1,042,767 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $304,000 after buying an additional 5,402 shares during the last quarter. Nepsis Inc. lifted its position in CyberArk Software by 882.4% in the fourth quarter. Nepsis Inc. now owns 562,327 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $187,339,000 after buying an additional 505,088 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its position in CyberArk Software by 19.0% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 545,100 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $181,600,000 after buying an additional 87,201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whale Rock Capital Management LLC lifted its position in CyberArk Software by 3.3% in the third quarter. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC now owns 460,964 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $134,422,000 after buying an additional 14,927 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.84% of the company's stock.
The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $329.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $296.06. The company has a market cap of $16.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,373.13 and a beta of 1.13.
CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 13th. The technology company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.48. The company had revenue of $240.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $234.10 million. CyberArk Software had a net margin of 1.38% and a return on equity of 2.29%. CyberArk Software's revenue for the quarter was up 25.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.31) earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that CyberArk Software Ltd. will post -0.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.
CyberArk Software Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and sells software-based identity security solutions and services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. Its solutions include Privileged Access Manager, which offers risk-based credential security and session; Vendor Privileged Access Manager combines Privileged Access Manager and Remote Access to provide secure access to third-party vendors; Dynamic Privileged Access, a SaaS solution that provides just-in-time access to Linux Virtual Machines; Endpoint Privilege Manager, a SaaS solution that secures privileges on the endpoint; and Secure Desktop, a solution that protects access to endpoints.
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