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Okta's Q4 bookings surpassed $1B for the first time, driven by $320M from its top 25 contracts. RPOs grew 25% YoY to over $4B, reflecting strong revenue visibility and longer client commitments. Free cash flow exceeded $700M for FY 2025, with Q4 FCF margin reaching 42% and operating margins expanding by 9 points.

Amid the historic stock market turbulence at the start of 2025, the importance of cybersecurity hasn't wavered. Regardless of economic headwinds or policy shifts, an ongoing rise in online threats ranging from data breaches, phishing scams, and ransomware to attacks on digital infrastructure continues to be a priority for businesses to manage across all sectors.

Okta has crushed guidance by large magnitudes over recent quarters. I am concerned that investor sentiment may be overly optimistic, expecting large beats against management guidance despite management warning otherwise. With a PEG ratio over 2 times and peers experiencing downward re-ratings, I do not see Okta delivering market-beating returns and thus downgrade it to neutral.

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Three cybersecurity stocks have long-term potentials. These are: FTNT, OKTA, CHKP.

Jefferies tells investors that the firm's survey of value added resellers who specialize in the cyber industry indicates a slowdown in demand in calendar Q1 compared to Q4, adding that pipeline optimism for the next three months was "the lowest ever in our survey history." Network security showed the strongest sector performance in the survey and Check Point (CHKP) also saw the best-improved momentum quarter-over-quarter, the analyst added. When asked whom they thought was the most likely to win the machine identity security market and who they expected to see the biggest benefit to their business from it, Microsoft (MSFT) was "the clear winner" among respondents, while CyberArk (CYBR) and SailPoint (SAIL) followed in second and third positions, which validates the firm's view that CyberArk remains in the lead for pureplay identity vendors, the analyst also noted. CyberArk -2.64 (-0.77%) Check Point +2.44 (+1.11%) SailPoint +0.21 (+1.22%) Microsoft +2.45 (+0.63%) Alphabet -0.445 (-0.28

Top-ranked stocks Fox (FOXA), Roku (ROKU), Fortinet (FTNT), Okta (OKTA) and Affirm (AFRM) are likely to beat on the bottom line in their upcoming releases.

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Cisco Systems CSCO and Okta OKTA are both major players in cybersecurity. While Cisco Systems is growing its presence in the sector by offering broad enterprise network security solutions, OKTA focuses on identity and access management, providing cloud-based solutions that help businesses safeguard user data.

Amid broad-market pressure, cloud stock Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) has pulled back sharply from its March 24, more than two-year high of $118.07, down 12.6% since the start of April alone.