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Okta Names Helen Riley to Board of Directors

SAN FRANCISCO, September 18, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Okta, Inc. (Nasdaq: OKTA), the leading independent identity provider, today announced the appointment of Helen Riley to the company's board of directors, effective as of today. "Helen brings two decades of deep financial and operational experience from her time at companies solving some of the world's most challenging problems with AI," said Todd McKinnon, Okta CEO and Co-Founder. "Her perspective will be invaluable as we seize the growing opportunity to secure AI with every agent needing a trusted identity and clear controls over what it can

AI Rules Put Okta Stock And AI Governance Software In Focus

AI suddenly has a regulator breathing down its neck. California's new oversight push throws fresh risk at developers, yet quietly shines a spotlight on companies that help police algorithms and prove they are safe. That creates a story investors rarely get in real time. Rules tighten, complexity grows, and specialists in governance and auditing step forward. This article walks through 3 stocks exposed to that policy shock. The three stocks below are a sample of what this new AI rulebook is pulling into focus, while the full screen surfaced 15 more U.S. listed governance and model assurance bus

Why Shares of Okta Stock Shot Up 10% This Week

Shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) have popped 10% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The authentication platform for enterprise security is riding high along with other cybersecurity names, and recently reported solid earnings. Wall Street is optimistic about growing demand for authenticators like Okta because of the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Does that make Okta stock a buy today? Missed AI's "Act 1"? Act 2 Could Be 15x Bigger. Most investors think they missed the AI boat because they didn't buy Nvidia in 2005. But according to our analysts, we'r

Jim Cramer Says AI Could Make Okta’s Security Software More Essential

Jim Cramer highlighted Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) on the September 16 episode of Mad Money, mentioning that artificial intelligence is not making the identity-security company obsolete, as he said: Now that everybody's wringing their hands over the risk of AI, I'm going to drill down on the cybersecurity plays that I think could help mitigate the risk. Take Okta, a major player in identity verification that reported a phenomenal quarter in late August. Stock's now up 144% over the past 6 months, in part because it's no longer being held back by AI displacement worries. Turns out artificial intel

BofA Securities Adjusts Okta Price Target to $200 From $170

Can Okta’s (OKTA) New AI Identity Tools Deepen Its Security Moat Or Stretch It Too Thin?

Is Okta (OKTA) Fully Valued As Investors Eye Its September 23 Keynote?

Okta event puts identity security in focus Okta (OKTA) is back in the spotlight after the company scheduled a September 23, 2026 Opening Keynote and Investor Summit webcast, inviting investors to scrutinize its identity security business and long term positioning. Okta's recent investor event news comes on top of a sharp run. The share price is at US$190.45 after a 29.18% 1 month share price return and a 127.70% year to date share price return, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 111.80% signals strong positive momentum, despite a 5 year total shareholder return that remains down 24.3

Okta CEO cautions against AI downshift: 'The threat actors are not pausing'

Okta (OKTA) CEO Todd McKinnon joins Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss AI CEOs calling for a slower pace in developing advanced models and the downside of slowing that development amid cybersecurity risks. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A as the co-founder, CEO of a cybersecurity firm, the past 48 hours for you, has your have has just your phone been ringing off the hook? Like you got to be taking in a ton of new orders. 00:09 Todd Yeah, it's well, it's really the past couple of years and what every uh Chief Security officer in every company, first of all, they're seeing the

What Actually Lifted Okta Stock To A One-Year High?

HubSpot, ServiceNow, Okta, Workday, and Zscaler Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know

What Happened? A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after shares of enterprise software and SaaS companies rallied broadly as investors rotated capital out of semiconductor and AI-hardware stocks following calls for an artificial intelligence development slowdown. According to Reuters, while chipmakers and hardware providers faced steep sell-offs after leaders from Anthropic and OpenAI urged a pause in frontier AI advancement, software stocks bucked the broader tech trend and climbed higher in early trading. Market participants viewed the potential deceleration in AI infrastructu

Why Okta Stock Rocketed Higher Today

Shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) charged out of the gate Monday, gaining as much as 11.8%. As of 11:32 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 11.2%. The catalyst that sent the cybersecurity specialist higher was the calls by prominent industry insiders for a slowdown in artificial intelligence (AI) development. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »Image source: Getty Image

Okta to Host Investor Summit Webcast in Conjunction with Oktane

SAN FRANCISCO, September 14, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), the leading independent identity partner, today announced that it will webcast the Opening Keynote and Investor Summit on September 23, 2026. Each presentation will be webcast live on the investor relations section of Okta's website at investor.okta.com. Details for each event are as follows: Event: Oktane Opening Keynote Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Pacific time (12:00 p.m. Eastern time) Event: Okta Investor Summit Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 p.m. E

Okta Targets AI Agent Confusion With Identity Security Push

Key Points Interested in Okta, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. Okta is positioning identity security as a solution to AI-agent uncertainty, focusing on where agents operate, which systems they can access, and what actions they are authorized to perform. The company says agent identities can be governed through existing identity tools, including provisioning, deprovisioning, auditing and access controls. Okta's AI-agent offering has completed dozens of transactions, including a multimillion-dollar deal with a Fortune 50 healthcare company whose agent count reportedly grew from 50 to

Okta, Inc. (OKTA) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know

Okta (OKTA) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock. Shares of this cloud identity management company have returned +10.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2% change. The Zacks Security industry, to which Okta belongs, has lost 7.8% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term? While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its s

Okta (OKTA) Earnings Put Its AI Identity Story And Valuation Back In Focus

Okta Earnings, AI Offerings Drive Shares Up 94% YTD

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 inve

CrowdStrike vs. OKTA: What Revenue Trends Between These Cybersecurity Giants Tell Investors

CrowdStrike: A Consistent Trajectory of Rapid Revenue Expansion CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) primarily generates revenue through recurring subscription sales of its comprehensive cloud-native cybersecurity software and protection modules. While expanding its internal research capabilities by establishing a dedicated new cybersecurity laboratory and simultaneously broadening external cloud infrastructure collaborations with major technology partners, it reported an operating margin of -2% for the quarter ended July 31, 2026. OKTA: A Reliable Pattern of Steady Revenue Increases OKTA (NASDAQ:OKTA) p

Will AI Security Demand Change Okta (OKTA) Narrative

Okta CFO Dumps 80,000 Company Shares Worth $12.9 Million After the Stock Hit a 52-Week High

Okta's CFO, Brett Tighe, sold 80,000 shares of company stock worth $12.9 million on September 2, 2026, just after the stock reached a 52-week high. This transaction was part of a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Despite the significant sale, Tighe maintains a substantial equity position in the company, which continues to show strong business performance with 11% year-over-year sales growth.

Okta (OKTA) Stock Trades Near Fair Value But At A Premium On Earnings

Okta stock has more than doubled year to date, while current valuation checks suggest it is not a clear bargain and appears fairly valued on an intrinsic value estimate but richer on market multiples. Okta is up about 104% year to date, which means anyone looking at the stock now is assessing it after a strong run. Recent focus on AI driven identity security and new products like Agent SSO can support growth expectations, while any disappointment in how that demand translates into sustained cash flows may weigh on what investors are willing to pay. On a broad set of metrics, Okta leans expensi