B. Riley Predicts 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) - Equities researchers at B. Riley upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sezzle in a report released on Monday, August 11th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now expects that the company will earn $3.27 per share 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.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on SEZL. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Sezzle from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Sezzle from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd.

Sezzle Trading Down 4.6%

NASDAQ SEZL opened at $87.31 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $2.91 billion, a PE ratio of 29.92 and a beta of 9.09. Sezzle has a 12 month low of $17.98 and a 12 month high of $186.74. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $144.83 and a 200-day moving average of $85.53. The company has a current ratio of 2.62, a quick ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.11. Sezzle had a return on equity of 113.81% and a net margin of 28.13%. The company had revenue of $60.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $93.33 million.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sezzle

In other news, COO Amin Sabzivand sold 18,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.31, for a total transaction of $2,831,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 5,484 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $168.02, for a total value of $921,421.68. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 126,846 shares in the company, valued at $21,312,664.92. This trade represents a 4.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 77,696 shares of company stock worth $11,552,835 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 49.49% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sezzle

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc acquired a new position in shares of Sezzle in the second quarter valued at approximately $771,000. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its position in Sezzle by 29.9% in the 2nd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 11,399 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,043,000 after acquiring an additional 2,621 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Sezzle during the second quarter valued at $2,048,000. Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sezzle during the second quarter worth $825,000. Finally, Calamos Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 68.0% during the second quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC now owns 19,607 shares of the company's stock worth $3,515,000 after purchasing an additional 7,937 shares during the period. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.

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