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UiPath, Inc. Class APATHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

US/Romanian-founded software company selling robotic process automation (RPA) software that automates repetitive office/back-office tasks.

Momentum neutral 52
Mkt cap
$6.78B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
87%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$332M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+7.1 pp
WACC 10.0%
Hurdle
-2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
33 days
9 Dec 2026
Close · USD$13.00
1D-0.1%
1W-5.3%
1M-1.9%
3M-16.6%
6M+20.5%
YTD-20.7%
1Y-10.7%
ATR %4.4%
Beta1.01
52w lowhigh34.5% off high

What UiPath does

US/Romanian-founded software company selling robotic process automation (RPA) software that automates repetitive office/back-office tasks.

Customers pay annual subscriptions, and most land with a few automations then spread them across departments, so growth depends on existing customers expanding. It is steering from classic RPA, which copies clicks and keystrokes to automate fixed routine tasks, toward agentic automation, where AI software agents handle less rigid work.

Products and services

  • RPA software robots
  • Process mining/discovery
  • Agentic/AI automation (Autopilot)

Customers

  • Large enterprises
  • Government agencies

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Software (automation)
  • Robotic process automation (RPA)
  • Enterprises automating back-office/IT…

What could go right

  • Enterprise automation/AI agent adoption growth
  • Cross-sell of AI-driven automation products

What could go wrong

  • Generative AI reducing need for rule-based RPA
  • Microsoft Power Automate bundling competition

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base). Automations built around business processes create switching costs, though generative AI threatens rule-based RPA's relevance.

Headquarters: New York, US / Bucharest, Romania · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 3,981

Named competitors

UiPath at a glance

Size UiPath (PATH) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $6.78B, the 977th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $13.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 20.5%, against +10.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 15.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.1%); the operating margin is 9.4% (peer median 19.5%).

Valuation It trades at 15.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.5× (7th cheapest of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.1 points above its cost of capital (10.0% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $1.38B at 31 Jul 2026, up 14% on a year earlier — 0.8 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 22.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PATH 122Peer median 112
Six months, rebased to 100: UiPath against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

UiPath financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-01-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.72B$1.61B$1.43B$1.31B$1.06B
Revenue growth—+13%+9%+24%—
Gross profit$1.41B$1.34B$1.18B$1.11B$877M
EBITDA$186M$78.1M-$121M-$139M-$294M
Net income$362M$282M-$73.7M-$89.9M-$328M
Free cash flow$363M$352M$306M$292M-$33.8M
Capital expenditure$10.3M$19.0M$14.9M$7.34M$23.8M
Total debt$79.8M$81.2M$77.8M$67.1M$63.4M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

UiPath competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-10%0%+10%+20%CDRQLYS01009684SECT-BCVLT3293300418NAVN0020IDCCTOITNEDUOLDBXRNGYOUDLB9626PATH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. UiPath is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×500×1,000×CDRQLYS9684SECT-BCVLT300418NAVNIDCCTOIDUOLDBXPATHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. UiPath is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%CDRQLYS9684SECT-BCVLT3293IDCCTOITNEDUOLDBXRNGYOUOTEXDLB9626PATHGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. UiPath is the large dot.

UiPath competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PATH vs MSFT vs SSNC vs SAP.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
UiPath PATH$6.78B+20%+15%9%15.2×19.2%
Microsoft MSFT$3.94T+28%+18%47%25.5×17.2%
SS&C Technologies SSNC$18.2B+13%+9%24%10.2×6.9%
Sap SAP.DE$276B+49%+8%29%29.8×14.9%
Pegasystems PEGA$5.30B-10%+1%12%13.8×8.8%
Appian APPN$3.70B+135%+21%4%41.6×42.9%
ServiceNow NOW$106B+12%+22%13%22.4×29.5%
IBM IBM$232B+6%+7%21%18.8×7.6%

How UiPath compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

UiPath against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePATHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.9%+5.3%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+20.5%+10.2%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-34.5%-19.2%6th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+15.0%+14.1%8th highest of 21
Operating margin9.4%19.5%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E15.2×25.5×7th cheapest of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)19.2%11.7%6th most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+21.5%+15.6%4th highest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.3 pp-6.6 pp7th most demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+7.1 pp+7.1 pp9th highest of 17
EV / EBITDA29.9×15.4×6th most expensive of 16
Net debt / EBITDA-6.5×-1.5×3rd least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
UiPath PATHUnited States$6.78B+20%+15%9%15.2×19.2%+21.5%
CD PROJEKT RED Spolka Akcyjna CDR.WAPoland$6.80B+4%-14%54%53.4×35.0%-16.5%
Qualys QLYSUnited States$6.59B+102%+11%35%23.7×4.7%+13.1%
MiniMax 0100.HKHong Kong$7.00B-81%+159%-407%n/an/an/a
Square Enix 9684.TJapan$7.02B+25%+1%20%26.9×-5.4%-2.1%
Sectra SECT-B.STSweden$6.53B+27%+14%20%85.0×29.0%+16.8%
Commvault Systems CVLTUnited States$6.48B+51%+14%10%27.6×26.9%+10.3%
International Games System 3293.TWOTaiwan$6.27B0%+15%59%14.4×-4.0%+21.2%
Kunlun Tech 300418.SZChina$7.33B-21%+48%-21%1,291.3×n/an/a
Navan NAVNUnited States$6.25B+36%+35%-25%76.3×n/an/a
SenseTime 0020.HKHong Kong$6.25B-44%+31%-51%n/an/an/a
InterDigital IDCCUnited States$7.35B+2%-12%45%41.4×13.4%+18.4%
Topicus.com TOI.VCanada$6.25B+9%+28%15%21.3×0.7%+26.5%
Technology One TNE.AXAustralia$7.40B+15%+14%29%56.7×33.3%+14.9%
Duolingo DUOLUnited States$7.51B+49%+23%12%52.6×19.8%+45.0%
Dropbox DBXUnited States$7.54B+20%0%26%11.1×-5.0%+5.7%
RingCentral RNGUnited States$6.09B+58%+5%9%13.3×15.2%+16.3%
Clear Secure YOUUnited States$7.55B-2%+23%26%24.2×15.8%+31.3%
Open Text OTEX.TOCanada$6.07B+9%+1%23%6.4×-6.2%+10.8%
Dolby Laboratories DLBUnited States$6.07B+11%+1%19%14.3×10.0%+3.0%
Bilibili 9626.HKHong Kong$6.06B-36%+11%4%14.2×7.3%+19.5%

UiPath backlog

UiPath reported $1.38B of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jul 2026, up 14% from a year earlier and down 3% from the previous quarter. That is 0.8 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.91.

Questions

Who are UiPath's main competitors?
Named competitors: Automation Anywhere (private or unlisted), Microsoft (Power Automate) (MSFT), Blue Prism (SS&C) (SSNC), SAP (Business AI) (SAP.DE), Pegasystems (PEGA), Appian (APPN). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes CD PROJEKT RED Spolka Akcyjna (CDR.WA), Qualys (QLYS), MiniMax (0100.HK), Square Enix (9684.T), Sectra (SECT-B.ST), Commvault Systems (CVLT).
Is UiPath expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.2× against a peer median of 25.5×, 7th cheapest of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has UiPath stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +20.5% against +10.2% for the median peer; over one year -10.7%.
What is UiPath's backlog?
UiPath's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $1.38B at 31 Jul 2026, +14% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.