Okta Earnings, AI Offerings Drive Shares Up 94% YTD

Okta Earnings, AI Offerings Drive Shares Up 94% YTD

Lucas Downey

Wed, September 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM GMT+3 2 min read

• OKTA -0.94%

OKTA offers an enterprise identity management platform, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, access gateway, API access management, authentication, adaptive MFA, lifecycle management, and AI agent security. OKTA's second-quarter 2027 report showed $805 million in revenue (an 11% year-over-year gain), per-share earnings of $1.05 (a 15.4% sequential gain), and offered full-year revenue and operating margin guidance of up to $3.226 billion and 26%, respectively.

No wonder OKTA shares are up 94% so far this year – and they could rise more. MoneyFlows data shows how Big Money investors are again betting heavily on the stock.

Big Money Buying Okta

Institutional volumes reveal plenty. In the last year, OKTA has enjoyed strong investor demand, which we believe to be institutional support.

Each green bar signals unusually large volumes in OKTA shares. They reflect our proprietary inflow signal, pushing the stock higher:

Plenty of technology names are under accumulation right now. But there's a powerful fundamental story happening with Okta.

Okta Fundamental Analysis

Institutional support and a healthy fundamental backdrop make this company worth investigating. As you can see, OKTA has had strong sales and earnings growth:

• 3-year sales growth rate (+16.3%)

• 3-year EPS growth rate (+383.6%)

Source: FactSet

Also, EPS is estimated to ramp higher this year by +10.6%.

Now it makes sense why the stock has been generating Big Money interest. OKTA has a track record of strong financial performance.

Marrying great fundamentals with MoneyFlows software has found some big winning stocks over the long term.

Okta has been a top-rated stock at MoneyFlows. That means the stock has unusual buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.

It's had three Big Money outlier inflow signals in the last two years, gaining 42.3% since the first one in April 2025. The blue bars below shows when OKTA was a top pick…institutions are buyers:

Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of money flows.

This is a trait that most outlier stocks exhibit…the best of the best. Big Money demand drives stocks upward.

Okta Price Prediction

The OKTA action isn't new at all. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.

Disclosure: the author holds no position in OKTA at the time of publication.

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