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Company snapshot — Okta Inc

OKTA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Okta provides identity and access management software that lets organisations verify who, or what, is trying to reach their systems. Its tools cover single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, directory services and governance for both human staff and machine accounts. It has extended this into agent identity, letting firms register, authenticate and govern software agents that act on behalf of users. It is based in San Francisco and sells mainly through cloud subscriptions to enterprise customers.
Where it sits in the stack
Okta sits in our Agentic Winners 40, the diary's sleeve for firms enabling autonomous software agents; it forms the identity layer that verifies each agent action before it can touch data. As agents multiply, they need the same authentication checks as human users, so Okta becomes a gatekeeper any agent workflow must pass through.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group prices Okta against identity and security names — SailPoint, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks — reflecting how the market weighs its access-control role against broader platform rivals.
Why Closelook tracks it
Okta holds a seat in the Agentic Winners 40 and carries a Closelook score, strongest on momentum and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier on agent identity, a 101 explainer on the digital labour economy, and a midday market note tracking security-sector moves.
What the diary watches
Whether non-human identity management, covering agents rather than people, becomes a distinct revenue line the diary can track separately from core workforce identity.

Okta Inc (OKTA) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology. Constituent of Agentic Winners 40.

The Closelook company score reads 58/100 composite (momentum 95, quality 48, valuation 23) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for OKTA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 11 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by BTIG, 2026-09-17 · last print 2026-08-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for OKTA from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BTIG — target 219 from 187 Target raised to $219 from $187 (+16.4% to spot) 2026-09-17
  • Price target Bernstein — target 174 Target set to $174 (-7.5% to spot) 2026-09-17
  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 200 from 180 Target raised to $200 from $180 (+20.1% to spot) 2026-09-14
  • Latest print EPS 1.05 against 0.96 expected — a +8.8% beat 2026-08-26

11 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 11 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Identity · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Identity

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against OKTA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Agentic Ecosystem Index — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Agentic Ecosystem Index · as of 2026-09-18

DayWeekMonth3 months
OKTA−4.0%+9.5%+29.1%+54.8%
Identity, Trust & Governance−2.9%+12.2%+14.7%—
Agentic Ecosystem Index−0.7%+6.6%+5.8%—

Against the index: 2.9 pts ahead on the week, 23.3 pts ahead on the month; against its Identity, Trust & Governance sleeve 14.4 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 73 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What OKTA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 73 m USD 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.4% in FY2026 544,000 USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 73 m USD · 8% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +1.0% week · +3.2% month · −0.8% quarter · +38.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-19
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Okta Inc (OKTA)?

Okta Inc trades as OKTA on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is OKTA in a Closelook index?

Yes — Okta Inc is a constituent of Agentic Winners 40, as of 2026-09-19.

What is Okta Inc's Closelook composite score?

58 out of 100, with momentum 95, quality 48 and valuation 23 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does OKTA trade against its moving averages?

Trending: Above its 20-, 50- and 200-day — still in an uptrend. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is OKTA doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Okta Inc is +29.1% against +5.8% for the Agentic Ecosystem Index — 23.3 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-18. Its Identity, Trust & Governance sleeve is +14.7% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Okta Inc do?

Okta provides identity and access management software that lets organisations verify who, or what, is trying to reach their systems. Its tools cover single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, directory services and governance for both human staff and machine accounts. It has extended this into agent identity, letting firms register, authenticate and govern software agents that act on behalf of users. Closelook's peer group prices Okta against identity and security names — SailPoint, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks — reflecting how the market weighs its access-control role against broader platform rivals.

Where does Okta Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Okta sits in our Agentic Winners 40, the diary's sleeve for firms enabling autonomous software agents; it forms the identity layer that verifies each agent action before it can touch data. As agents multiply, they need the same authentication checks as human users, so Okta becomes a gatekeeper any agent workflow must pass through. Okta holds a seat in the Agentic Winners 40 and carries a Closelook score, strongest on momentum and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier on agent identity, a 101 explainer on the digital labour economy, and a midday market note tracking security-sector moves.

Does Okta Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Okta Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 73 m USD of its own shares, 8% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Okta Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Okta Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by BTIG on 2026-09-17 (target 219 from 187). 11 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 11 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-26: EPS 1.05 against 0.96 expected — a +8.8% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Okta Inc?

Okta Inc appears in 8 Closelook pieces, most recently Midday 10: Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines (2026-09-15); Midday 10: AI trade — the pacing call splits tech: chips −5%, software +4.5%, security +12–15%, 10-year hits 5% (2026-09-14); Daily Pulse: From Silicon Scarcity to Software Scarcity: The Next AI Bottleneck Is Permission to Act, and the Market Graded It This Week (2026-09-03). What Closelook said most recently: Security keeps the bid on day two: CrowdStrike +2.9% to $242.15, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8% to $195.14, ServiceNow +1.9%, Okta +1.0%, Salesforce +0.7%, Cloudflare +0.7%, Fortinet +0.6%, Palo Alto +0.5% — the software ETF flat at… (Midday 10, 2026-09-15). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for OKTA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 8 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines” (2026-09-15)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where OKTA appears in the diary — 8 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Go deeper

Long reads

  • The Agentic Winners 25Dossier · $49 · 31 Mar 2026Okta manages identity and authorisation — every agent action that touches user data must pass through an identity verification layer.

101 and glossary

Dailies

Related in the Closelook universe

same Closelook index seat first, then Software - Infrastructure. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.