SentinelOne Likely For Customer Deceleration Akin To Okta And CrowdStrike, Analyst Says

• Needham analyst Alex Henderson reiterated Buy on SentinelOne, Inc (NYSE: S) with a $28 price target.

• Slowing growth at Sentinel on macro pressures may be just what the stock needs.

• Henderson expects slower growth accompanied by tighter spending and more rapid improvement in Operating Margins.

• Sentinel will see a similar deceleration in the low end of its customer base, as cited by Okta, Inc (NASDAQ: OKTA) and CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD).

• Sentinel will come in relatively in line to even a bit ahead on FY3Q but expect its guidance for FY4Q to factor in the eroding conditions., Henderson writes in the analyst note.

• Like Crowd, Henderson does not expect S-One to assume a significant budget flush in CY4Q, resulting in caution guidance for the quarter and no guidance for FY24.

• As conditions get more brutal, Sentinel would downshift growth expectations and staffing builds, which should allow upside to EPS even as the company decelerates.

• Price Action: S shares traded lower by 3.65% at $14.24 on the last check Monday.

Latest Ratings for S

Date	Firm	Action	From	To
Mar 2022	Barclays	Maintains		Overweight
Feb 2022	DA Davidson	Initiates Coverage On		Buy
Jan 2022	Wolfe Research	Initiates Coverage On		Outperform

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