UiPath delivered impressive fourth-quarter results, yet investors responded with skepticism. Shares tumbled over 5% during Thursday’s premarket session despite the automation software company exceeding expectations across both top and bottom lines.
The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.30 for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2026, while revenue totaled $481.11 million. Analyst projections had called for earnings of $0.26 per share and revenue of $464.88 million.
Fiscal year 2026 total revenue reached $1.611 billion, representing a 13% increase compared to the previous year.
The company’s Annual Recurring Revenue stood at $1.853 billion on January 31, 2026 — marking an 11% year-over-year climb. Net-new ARR expanded 20% on a reported basis, though it contracted 5% when measured in constant currency terms.
In an unprecedented disclosure, UiPath revealed that $200 million of its ARR comes directly from artificial intelligence products. This category encompasses the company’s agents, Maestro orchestration platform, and Intelligent Document Processing solutions.
Chief Executive Daniel Dines highlighted a semiconductor customer that implemented agentic workflows in fewer than 14 days. He also mentioned One New Zealand, which compressed a four-to-five day order-to-cash cycle to just 10 minutes — anticipating $20 million in annual cost savings.
“We are at an inflection point in how software is built,” Dines stated.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2027, UiPath projected revenue between $395 million and $400 million. The full-year FY27 revenue forecast ranges from $1.754 billion to $1.759 billion, exceeding the Street’s $1.74 billion expectation.
Management anticipates FY27 ARR landing between $2.051 billion and $2.056 billion — approximately 11% growth at the middle of the range, and roughly 1.6% higher than analyst estimates.
Morgan Stanley’s Sanjit Singh observed that the guidance incorporates results from the WorkFusion acquisition, which finalized during Q1 FY27. He indicated that on an organic basis, the ARR projection suggests “relatively flat net-new ARR growth for the year.”
Terry Tillman from Truist Securities characterized it as a “solid quarter highlighted by continued sales execution and traction in AI-driven automation.”
The automation platform provider recorded GAAP net income of $282 million for fiscal 2026 — marking the company’s inaugural year of full-year GAAP profitability since its founding.
Chief Financial Officer Ashim Gupta raised the company’s long-term non-GAAP operating margin objective to 30%, an increase from previous targets. Non-GAAP operating income for FY26 totaled $370 million, representing a 23% margin.
UiPath closed the fourth quarter with $1.7 billion in cash reserves and zero debt obligations. The company fulfilled its $1 billion share repurchase authorization during the quarter and approved an additional $500 million buyback program.
Adjusted free cash flow for Q4 measured $182 million. Full-year free cash flow amounted to $372 million.
For fiscal 2027, UiPath projects non-GAAP operating income of approximately $415 million, with non-GAAP gross margin expected to hover around 84%.
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