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Okta

OKTA · Nasdaq · Information Technology · Financials, fiscal 2017 to 2026

OKTA · Last close · October 26, 2026
$220.01
Value Okta yourself

Okta's revenue rose 11.8% to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 5.1%, up from −2.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $875 million, up 17.9%. It paid out $73 million in dividends and buybacks, 8% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 2.4%.

Okta, Inc. Latest fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 10-K filed March 5, 2026 · 0001660134-26-000020 Updated
Revenue
$2.9B
11.8%
Operating margin
5.1%
7.9 pts
Net income
$235M
739.3%
Free cash flow
$875M
17.9%
Return on equity
3.5%
3.0 pts
Market cap
$39.3B
Oct 26 close
P/E
132.5x
On $1.66 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

About these figures. Okta had no borrowings before its first convertible notes in February 2018, so debt counts as zero in earlier years. Okta's fiscal 2026 filing doesn't tag its short-term investments, so cash and short-term investments, return on capital and net debt to EBITDA are blank for that year.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2025 to 2026, earnings per share grew 2,083.3% a year and net income 739.3% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 2% and diluted each share's earnings.

Net income
US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.
Diluted earnings per share
US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity
Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Okta yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

What Okta says to expect

  • Third quarter fiscal 2027: total revenueFor the third quarter of fiscal 2027, the Company expects: • Total revenue of $813 million to $817 million, representing a growth rate of 10% year-over-year;
The company's own words, from its earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99), filed August 26, 2026. They are its expectations, not ours, and not a forecast or price target from The Filing Desk. Replaced when the next release is out.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Okta's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Okta's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $875M, net cash of $2.3B at July 31, 2026 and 179 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Okta: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 16.3% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 10%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Application Software), plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2024); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings
Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2026.
Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at July 31, 2026. Negative means net debt.
Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2026.
Your assumptions
Start from
Fitted to Okta's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 8% then 5% a year, 2% after year 10, a 11% discount rate. Base: growth of 16.5% then 9.5% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 10% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 24.5% then 14% a year, 3% after year 10, a 9% discount rate.
Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.
Value per share on these assumptions
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$220.01
Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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Everything after year 10, valued today
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Plus net cash
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Share of value from after year 10
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Projected free cash flow
US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.
Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.
How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Okta's earnings per share of $1.66 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 51.8×, the middle of Okta's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 11%, 10% and 9%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to July 31, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.
P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: PTC, HubSpot, Docusign.
Starts at Okta's revenue growth over the last 3 years, 16.3% a year, as the base scenario does.
Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$
Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.
Apply the multiple to earnings
A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.
Value per share today at this multiple
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$220.01
Value at this multiple, against the last close
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Okta's P/E at the last close
132.5×
CompanyLast closeEarnings per shareP/E today
OktaOKTA$220.01$1.66132.5×
HubSpotHUBS$263.99$2.8193.9×
DocusignDOCU$84.89$1.6451.8×
PTCPTC$194.25$10.2818.9×
How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments2,5022,5802,2022,523—
Debt incl. finance leases1,8322,1931,154858350
Net debt (negative means net cash)−670−387−1,048−1,665—
Net debt to EBITDA———−69.4x—
Debt to equity0.3x0.4x0.2x0.1x0.1x
Interest coverage−8.4x−73.8x−64.5x−14.8x37.2x
Current ratio2.5x2.2x1.7x1.4x1.4x
Quick ratio2.5x2.2x1.7x1.4x1.4x
US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $267,404 of Okta shares on the open market, and 7 insiders sold $55.0 million, all of it under trading plans set up in advance.

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 22, 2026Todd McKinnonChief Executive Officer, DirectorSold plan48,822$193.47$9.4 millionForm 4
Sep 18, 2026Eric Robert KelleherSee RemarksSold plan6,395$183.58$1.2 millionForm 4
Sep 11, 2026Eric Robert KelleherSee RemarksSold plan2,549$168.55$429,634Form 4
Sep 2, 2026Brett TigheChief Financial OfficerSold plan80,000$160.97$12.9 millionForm 4
Jul 8, 2026Todd McKinnonChief Executive Officer, DirectorSold plan68,936$146.62$10.1 millionForm 4
Jun 22, 2026Larissa SchwartzSee RemarksSold plan2,463$120.00$295,560Form 4
Jun 18, 2026Eric Robert KelleherSee RemarksSold plan3,977$114.10$453,769Form 4
Jun 8, 2026Brett TigheChief Financial OfficerSold plan65,000$117.25$7.6 millionForm 4
Jun 2, 2026Larissa SchwartzSee RemarksSold plan24,971$134.13$3.3 millionForm 4
May 18, 2026Shellye L ArchambeauDirectorSold plan2,500$85.00$212,500Form 4
May 7, 2026Larissa SchwartzSee RemarksSold plan1,054$80.00$84,320Form 4
May 6, 2026Larissa SchwartzSee RemarksSold plan5,323$77.07$410,228Form 4
The latest 12 of 29 trades. Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

TestFY24FY25FY26
Net income is positiveFailPassPass
Cash from operations is positivePassPassPass
Return on assets rosePassPassPass
Cash from operations exceeds net incomePassPassPass
Debt fell relative to assetsPassPassPass
Current ratio roseFailFailPass
Share count didn't riseFailFailFail
Gross margin rosePassPassPass
Revenue rose relative to assetsPassPassPass
F-score6 of 97 of 98 of 9
Accruals ratio−9.5%−7.8%−6.8%
The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

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Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue1612563995868351,3001,8582,2632,6102,919
Revenue growth—59.5%55.6%46.8%42.5%55.7%42.9%21.8%15.3%11.8%
Gross profit1051762864276179041,3121,6821,9922,258
Research and development3971102159223469620656642639
Operating income−75−112−120−186−204−768−812−516−74149
Net income−75−110−126−209−266−848−815−35528235
Diluted EPS (US$)−3.94−1.32−1.17−1.78−2.09−5.73−5.16−2.170.061.31
Diluted shares (millions)1983108117127148158164175179
Cash flow
Cash from operations−42−25155612810486512750884
Capital expenditure662015131312889
Free cash flow−48−32−5401159174504742875
Dividends paid0000000000
Share buybacks00000000073
Acquisitions00164402154225656
Stock-based compensation175076127195566677684565544
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments382305641,4032,5572,5022,5802,2022,523—
Debt incl. finance leases002729381,7661,8322,1931,154858350
Total assets1313999841,9553,2999,2069,3078,9899,4379,710
Total liabilities1462007321,5502,6053,2843,8413,1013,0322,711
Shareholders' equity−2121992524056935,9225,4665,8886,4056,999
Margins and ratios
Gross margin65.2%68.5%71.6%72.8%73.9%69.5%70.6%74.3%76.3%77.4%
Operating margin−46.4%−43.6%−30.0%−31.7%−24.4%−59.1%−43.7%−22.8%−2.8%5.1%
Net margin−46.7%−42.8%−31.4%−35.6%−31.9%−65.2%−43.9%−15.7%1.1%8.1%
Free cash flow margin−30.1%−12.4%−1.2%6.8%13.8%7.0%4.0%22.3%28.4%30.0%
Return on capital—————−23.5%−12.4%−8.2%−0.9%—
Return on equity——−55.6%−63.6%−48.5%−25.6%−14.3%−6.2%0.5%3.5%
Return on assets—−41.5%−18.1%−14.2%−10.1%−13.6%−8.8%−3.9%0.3%2.5%
Net debt to EBITDA————————−69.4x—
US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Okta's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Okta.