Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) CAO Shibu Ninan Sells 197 Shares of Stock

Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA – Get Rating) CAO Shibu Ninan sold 197 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $82.48, for a total value of $16,248.56. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 279 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,011.92. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Okta Trading Down 0.6 %

OKTA traded down $0.53 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $83.83. The stock had a trading volume of 3,018,648 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,817,271. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $74.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $64.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 2.20 and a quick ratio of 2.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.21 and a beta of 1.12. Okta, Inc. has a 1-year low of $44.12 and a 1-year high of $176.18.

Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 1st. The company reported ($0.70) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.11. Okta had a negative net margin of 43.87% and a negative return on equity of 12.53%. The company had revenue of $510.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $488.99 million. As a group, research analysts forecast that Okta, Inc. will post -3.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Okta

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. AWM Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Okta during the fourth quarter worth $205,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Okta by 46.6% during the fourth quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 26,125 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,784,000 after acquiring an additional 8,307 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Middle East FZE bought a new stake in shares of Okta during the fourth quarter worth $1,574,000. Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Inc. CA increased its position in shares of Okta by 10.0% during the fourth quarter. Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Inc. CA now owns 47,208 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,226,000 after acquiring an additional 4,290 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Resurgent Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Okta during the fourth quarter worth $47,000. Institutional investors own 73.02% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America started coverage on Okta in a research report on Monday, February 13th. They set an “underperform” rating and a $64.00 price objective for the company. Citigroup upped their price objective on Okta from $70.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, March 3rd. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Okta from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 2nd. KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of Okta from $80.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Okta from $80.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and twenty-three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $85.32.

Okta Company Profile

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Okta, Inc engages in the provision of an identity management platform for enterprises. It operates through the United States and International geographical segments. The firm’s products include single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, API access management, authentication, user management, and lifecycle management.