B. Riley Weighs in on Sezzle's FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:SEZL)

Key Points

• B. Riley has updated its FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Sezzle to $3.27, slightly up from a previous estimate of $3.23, and maintains a "Buy" rating with a price target of $111.00.
• Sezzle recently reported a quarterly EPS of $0.69, surpassing consensus estimates of $0.58, although their revenue fell short of predictions.
• Insider selling was noted, with COO Amin Sabzivand selling 18,000 shares and CFO Karen Hartje selling 5,484 shares in recent transactions, indicating decreased ownership stakes.

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley lifted their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sezzle in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, August 11th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $3.27 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.23. B. Riley has a "Buy" rating and a $111.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sezzle's current full-year earnings is $9.77 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Sezzle's FY2026 earnings at $4.81 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Sezzle from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Sezzle from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday.

Sezzle Stock Up 0.4%

SEZL traded up $0.40 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $91.87. 903,756 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,296,339. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $142.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $86.33. The company has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.48 and a beta of 9.09. Sezzle has a fifty-two week low of $19.89 and a fifty-two week high of $186.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 3.51 and a quick ratio of 2.62.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $60.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $93.33 million. Sezzle had a net margin of 28.13% and a return on equity of 102.90%.

Institutional Trading of Sezzle

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Sezzle by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 1,320 shares of the company's stock valued at $338,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its position in Sezzle by 8.1% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,070 shares of the company's stock valued at $192,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. lifted its position in Sezzle by 8.8% in the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 1,508 shares of the company's stock valued at $270,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its position in Sezzle by 3,575.0% in the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 147 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. bought a new stake in Sezzle in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Amin Sabzivand sold 18,000 shares of Sezzle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.31, for a total value of $2,831,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 243,303 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $38,273,994.93. The trade was a 6.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Paul Paradis sold 3,000 shares of Sezzle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.62, for a total transaction of $445,860.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 266,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $39,532,920. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 80,696 shares of company stock valued at $11,817,465. Company insiders own 49.49% of the company's stock.

About Sezzle

Sezzle Inc operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company provides payment solution in-store and at online retail stores; and through proprietary payments solution that connects consumers with merchants. It also offers Sezzle Platform that provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time; Pay-in-Four, which allows consumers to pay a fourth of the purchase price up front and then another fourth of the purchase price every two weeks thereafter over a total of six weeks; Pay-in-Full that allows consumers to pay for the full value of their order up-front through the Sezzle Platform without the extension of credit; and Pay-in-Two and other alternative installment options, which allow consumer to pay half of the value of their order up-front and the second half in two weeks.