Selected Stock Price Target News — August 27, 2026

Three enterprise software companies reported on Wednesday evening. Analyst actions followed before Thursday’s open. Nine of them are below. Four landed on Okta ($OKTA), including one rating upgrade. Three landed on CrowdStrike ($CRWD). Two landed on Veeva Systems ($VEEV).

Okta Reports $805 Million In Quarterly Revenue And Two Of The Four Land At $200

Okta sells identity and access management software. Its customers use it to control who can sign in to which corporate systems. The company also carries a customer identity product. That one is for consumer-facing apps. Second quarter revenue was $805 million. Earnings came in at $1.05 a share.

Okta’s Stock Price Target News Today

Jonathan Ruykhaver of Cantor Fitzgerald kept his Overweight rating and raised his price target from $170 to $200.

Mike Cikos of Needham arrived at the same $200. He started from $140. He held his Buy.

Gray Powell of BTIG also kept his Buy, and he set $187, up from $167.

Tal Liani of BofA Securities, however, was the only one of the four to change a rating, upgrading Okta to Neutral from Underperform. He set a $170 target, up from $75.

What Those Four Records Look Like

Liani has met 84.18 percent of his price targets, at 291 days on average. AnaChart records 619 targets and ratings from him, across 36 stocks. Ruykhaver sits at 74.42 percent, at 222 days, with 681 targets and ratings on record across 43 stocks. Powell, similarly, has met 72.49 percent at 212 days, on a record of 566 targets and ratings across 33 stocks. Cikos is at 64.47 percent, though he is quickest of the four at 116 days. He has 888 targets and ratings on record, across 37 stocks. Those are whole-record figures, not each analyst’s work on Okta alone.

On Okta itself, in contrast, AnaChart has Cikos at 9 of 9 targets met, in an average of 103 days. Ruykhaver is at 10 of 11 on the name, in 263 days, and Powell at 24 of 29, in 123 days.

Okta’s covering analysts as a group have met 86.36 percent of their targets in an average of 199.54 days. Two of those three Okta-only records, Cikos and Powell, take fewer days than the group average.

The average target across the 32 analysts AnaChart tracks on Okta stands at $128.51. The highest target AnaChart records on the name before today is the $180 that Simeon Gutman of Morgan Stanley holds, at 41 days, on 12 of 15. Brian Essex of JPMorgan carries Buy at $165, set on 20 August, at 20 of 24 targets met in 125 days. Keith Bachman of BMO carries Buy at $168, at 29 of 33 in 165 days. John Difucci of Guggenheim holds Buy at $162, at 11 of 12, in 371 days.

The last close AnaChart records for Okta is $134.42. Of the 636 ratings on display, 83 are Buy while 35 are Hold. The activity chart also holds 877 price targets.

CrowdStrike Books $1.47 Billion In Quarterly Revenue And Three Desks Land Within $5

CrowdStrike sells cloud security software. Its Falcon platform watches laptops, servers and cloud workloads for intrusions. The platform is also sold as separate modules. Second quarter revenue reached $1.47 billion. Earnings were $0.31 a share.

CrowdStrike’s Stock Price Target News Today

Cikos held his Buy on CrowdStrike. He lifted his target from $235 to $250. Ruykhaver, however, left his target at $250, still at Overweight. Powell kept Buy too, and took his target from $237 to $245.

As a group, CrowdStrike’s covering analysts have met 94.39 percent of their targets, in an average of 154.44 days. That is the highest of the three group hit rates here, against 86.36 percent on Okta and 82.02 percent on Veeva Systems.

Joseph Gallo of Jefferies carries Buy at $230, set on 23 August, at 22 of 24 targets met in 138 days. Eric Heath of KeyBank holds Buy at $240, at 15 of 16 in 76 days. Peter Levine of Evercore sits at Hold and $205, the lowest target AnaChart records on the name, at 17 of 18 in 126 days. Patrick Colville of Scotiabank holds Buy at $227, at 24 of 26, in 295 days.

The last close AnaChart records for CrowdStrike is $189.18. Coverage runs to 42 analysts. Of the 902 ratings on display, 136 are Buy and 44 are Hold. The activity chart also holds 1,161 price targets.

Veeva Systems Posts $927.96 Million In Revenue And Draws The Two Highest Targets Of The Morning

Veeva Systems sells cloud software built for life sciences companies. Drugmakers use it to run clinical trials, regulatory submissions and commercial operations. The customer base is regulated. So the products carry validation and audit requirements that ordinary business software does not. Second quarter revenue was $927.96 million. Earnings were $2.35 a share.

Veeva Systems’ Stock Price Target News Today

Ryan Macdonald of Needham kept his Buy. He also raised his price target from $270 to $310.

Billy Fitzsimmons of Piper Sandler held Overweight and raised his price target from $295 to $320. He had begun covering the stock three days earlier, on 24 August.

Macdonald has met 59.65 percent of his price targets, and he takes 194 days on average. AnaChart records 968 targets and ratings from him, across 51 stocks. Fitzsimmons, on the other hand, has met 75 percent, and he takes 38 days. He has 26 targets and ratings on record, across 4 stocks.

Veeva Systems’ covering analysts take 204 days on average to meet a target. The average target across the 25 analysts AnaChart tracks is $258.33, and the board runs from $165 to $355. Brent Bracelin, also of Piper Sandler, carries Buy at $295, set on 23 August, at 34 of 41 targets met in 284 days. Saket Kalia of Barclays holds Buy at $275, at 29 of 32 in 210 days. Ken Wong of Oppenheimer carries Buy at $300, at 16 of 19 in 260 days.

The last close AnaChart records for Veeva Systems is $244.91. Of the 430 ratings on display, 47 are Buy, 21 are Hold and 3 are Sell. The activity chart also holds 580 price targets.

The analyst price target dataset holds the underlying record for every name above.

Questions Readers Ask About These Numbers

How often do the analysts covering Okta reach their price targets? As a group, 86.36 percent, in 199.54 days. On Okta itself AnaChart has Cikos at 9 of 9, Ruykhaver at 10 of 11 and Powell at 24 of 29.

Which of the four who moved on Okta has met the highest share across a whole record? Liani, at 84.18 percent of 619 targets and ratings. Cikos sits at 64.47 percent. However, on days the order is exactly reversed, Cikos at 116 and Liani at 291.

Was a rating changed in any of these nine actions, or only price targets? One. Liani upgraded Okta to Neutral from Underperform, at $170. The other eight kept the rating each analyst already carried.

Yesterday’s actions are in the 26 August update.