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Okta, Inc. OKTA

$211.49 -0.54% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $35.13B

High qualityStrong trend

Next earnings report: Dec 1, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.66, up 75.9% year over year.
  2. Over the past year the stock returned +130.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 115.6 percentage points.
  3. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +7.5%).

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth62Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 25%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 36%
Quality93Exceptional

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
  • Gross marginTop 14%
  • Operating marginTop 42%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
  • Interest coverTop 8%
Value37Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 46%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 50%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 37%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
Momentum98Exceptional

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
  • 6-month returnTop 4%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 6%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions61Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 35%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 13%
Stability75Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 28%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)11.7%11.2%↓
EPS growth (YoY)90.7%75.9%↓
Gross margin76.9%78.1%↑
Operating margin2.6%7.7%↑
FCF margin30.3%31.6%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)11.2%11.7%↓Bottom 47%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)75.9%90.7%↓Top 24%
Gross margin78.1%76.9%↑Top 14%
Operating margin7.7%2.6%↑Top 42%
Net margin9.6%6.1%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin31.6%30.3%↑—
Return on invested capital3.0%—Bottom 47%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR16.3%—Top 25%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-7.6%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
16.4%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+1.3 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-1.80×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
78.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.93%
Shareholder yield
0.93%
Share count change, 1 year
-1.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+3.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
14
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+7.5%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$201.30
Target vs current price
-4.8%
Analysts with a rating
53
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
74%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 26, 2026+8.8%+2.9%+27.4%+57.2%—
May 28, 2026+6.7%+5.8%+39.3%+33.3%+51.0%
Mar 4, 2026+6.4%-1.1%+9.8%+8.5%+30.6%
Dec 2, 2025+8.2%+1.5%+8.2%+8.4%-10.1%
Aug 26, 2025+7.4%+0.2%-2.0%+0.9%-11.3%
May 27, 2025+11.7%+1.4%-15.3%-20.4%-26.4%
Mar 3, 2025+6.0%-3.7%+24.3%+19.3%+38.7%
Dec 3, 2024+15.5%+1.1%+2.9%-2.5%+7.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 26, 2026$1.05$0.97+8.8%$805.0M
May 28, 2026$0.91$0.85+6.7%$765.0M
Mar 4, 2026$0.90$0.85+6.4%$761.0M
Dec 2, 2025$0.82$0.76+8.2%$742.0M
Aug 26, 2025$0.91$0.85+7.4%$728.0M
May 27, 2025$0.86$0.77+11.7%$688.0M
Mar 3, 2025$0.78$0.74+6.0%$682.0M
Dec 3, 2024$0.67$0.58+15.5%$665.0M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)127.4×——Bottom 46%
P/E (forward)53.8×———
EV / EBITDA87.4×——Bottom 37%
EV / Sales11.20×——Bottom 21%
Free-cash-flow yield2.77%——Top 50%
Earnings yield0.78%——Bottom 46%

P/E over the past five years

Range 60.8× – 145.4× since Apr 30, 2025. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+130.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+75.9%
Change in P/E multiple
+5.7%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
26
Days above the 200-day average
96
50-day average slope (20 days)
+13.7%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+10.6%
Distance from 50-day average
+28.4%
Distance from 200-day average
+88.6%
RSI (14)
68.4
Relative volume
0.52×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
75.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
81th percentile · High for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.01
Correlation with S&P 500
0.27
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-0.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-50.6%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Feb 12, 2021Nov 4, 2022-84.6%436 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 13, 2020Nov 2, 2020-17.4%14 days25 days (Dec 8, 2020)
Dec 22, 2020Jan 6, 2021-16.1%9 days24 days (Feb 10, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$35.13B
P/E (TTM)
127.4
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.66
Revenue (TTM)
$3.07B
52-week range
$62.66 – $216.59
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Revenue$1.30B$1.86B$2.26B$2.61B$2.92B
Gross profit$904.0M$1.31B$1.68B$1.99B$2.26B
Operating income-$768.0M-$812.0M-$516.0M-$63.0M$153.0M
Net income-$848.0M-$815.0M-$355.0M$28.0M$235.0M
EPS (diluted)-$5.73-$5.16-$2.17$0.06$1.31
Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026Q3 2026Q4 2026Q1 2027Q2 2027
Revenue$665.0M$682.0M$688.0M$728.0M$742.0M$761.0M$765.0M$805.0M
Net income$16.0M$23.0M$62.0M$67.0M$43.0M$63.0M$74.0M$116.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.09$0.13$0.35$0.37$0.24$0.35$0.42$0.65
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Operating cash flow$104.0M$86.0M$512.0M$750.0M$914.0M
Capital expenditure-$17.0M-$23.0M-$24.0M-$20.0M-$9.0M
Free cash flow$87.0M$63.0M$488.0M$730.0M$905.0M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0-$20.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.30B
Total assets
$9.14B
Total liabilities
$2.17B
Total debt
$53.0M
Net debt
-$710.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$6.97B

As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
8,205,342
Days to cover
2.22
Change vs previous report
+6.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.