Elastic Gets $104.88 Price Target and Insider Trades of 5,800/10,000 Shares
Analysts consensus: 29 analysts rate Elastic as Moderate Buy with 17 buys, 11 holds and one sell, setting an average one-year price target of $104.88. CFO Mark Dodds sold 5,800 shares at $74.60 while director Paul Auvil III bought 10,000 shares at $71.02, altering insider stakes by -3.47% and +35.77%.
1. Consensus Rating and Price Targets
Elastic N.V. has attracted coverage from twenty-nine analysts, resulting in a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating. Seventeen analysts recommend buying the shares, eleven advise holding, and one issues a sell recommendation. The average one-year price objective stands at $104.88. Notable recent revisions include Stifel Nicolaus lowering its target from $134.00 to $108.00 while maintaining a buy rating, Cantor Fitzgerald cutting its target from $94.00 to $85.00 with a neutral stance, Royal Bank of Canada trimming its objective from $115.00 to $95.00 and reaffirming an outperform rating, and Bank of America reducing its target from $111.00 to $90.00 with a neutral recommendation.
2. Insider Transactions and Institutional Activity
Company insiders have been active: CRO Mark Eugene Dodds sold 5,800 shares at an average price of $74.60 for proceeds of $432,680, reducing his stake by 3.47%. Director Paul R. Auvil III purchased 10,000 shares at $71.02 per share for $710,200, increasing his holding by 35.77%. Over the past 90 days, insiders have sold 61,828 shares worth $4.64 million, and insiders collectively own 12.70% of outstanding stock. Institutional ownership is exceptionally high at 97.03%. Among recent moves, Sound Income Strategies initiated a $25,000 stake, Geneos Wealth Management added $31,000, Huntington National Bank grew its holding by 97.5% to 468 shares ($39,000), Plato Investment Management set up a $40,000 position, and Activest Wealth Management boosted its stake by 3,181.3% to 525 shares ($40,000).
3. Q2 FY2026 Financial Results and AI Innovation
In its fiscal second quarter, Elastic reported revenue of $423.48 million, up 15.9% year-over-year, and non-GAAP EPS of $0.64, surpassing analyst estimates of $0.58 by $0.06. The company posted a negative net margin of 6.79% and a negative return on equity of 2.02%. Guidance for the next quarter sets EPS at $0.63–$0.65. With a price-to-sales ratio of 5.27 and consensus analyst upside of roughly 42%, investors are weighing valuation against competitive pressures. On the product front, Elastic launched an upgraded Cloud Serverless service delivering 50% higher indexing throughput and introduced an Agent Builder tool to streamline AI agent development, reinforcing its position in search, observability and security use cases powered by Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats and Logstash.