Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Dynatrace Q1 Earnings

Dynatrace, Inc. (NYSE:DT - Free Report) - Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Dynatrace in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy forecasts that the company will earn $0.14 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Dynatrace's current full-year earnings is $0.68 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Dynatrace's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS.

DT has been the subject of a number of other reports. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Dynatrace from $62.00 to $67.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Dynatrace from $65.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $57.00 price target on shares of Dynatrace in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Dynatrace from $67.00 to $55.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on Dynatrace from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $61.45.

Dynatrace Stock Performance

NYSE DT traded up $0.66 on Thursday, reaching $42.83. The stock had a trading volume of 1,376,603 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,221,177. The stock has a market cap of $12.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.05 and a beta of 1.05. The business's 50-day moving average price is $50.51 and its 200 day moving average price is $53.39. Dynatrace has a 12-month low of $39.30 and a 12-month high of $63.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Dynatrace news, CFO James M. Benson sold 34,932 shares of Dynatrace stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $61.05, for a total transaction of $2,132,598.60. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 339,004 shares of the company's stock, valued at $20,696,194.20. The trade was a 9.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Rick M. Mcconnell sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.45, for a total transaction of $2,418,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 506,720 shares of the company's stock, valued at $30,631,224. The trade was a 7.32 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 117,432 shares of company stock valued at $7,159,599. Insiders own 0.59% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its holdings in shares of Dynatrace by 21.9% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 361,884 shares of the company's stock valued at $19,350,000 after buying an additional 64,999 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Dynatrace by 27.8% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 64,093 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,427,000 after purchasing an additional 13,957 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Dynatrace by 16.9% during the fourth quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 64,099 shares of the company's stock worth $3,484,000 after purchasing an additional 9,251 shares in the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of Dynatrace in the fourth quarter valued at $842,000. Finally, Allstate Corp acquired a new stake in Dynatrace during the 4th quarter valued at $471,000. 94.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Dynatrace

Dynatrace, Inc provides a security platform for multicloud environments in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates Dynatrace, a security platform, which provides application and microservices monitoring, runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring, digital business analytics, and cloud automation.