B. Riley Issues Pessimistic Estimate for Sezzle Earnings

Key Points

• B. Riley has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Sezzle to $0.58 per share from a previous $0.72, while maintaining a "Buy" rating and a target price of $111.00.
• Sezzle's Q2 results showed an earnings per share of $0.69, exceeding analysts' expectations of $0.58, though its revenue of $60.31 million fell short of the forecasted $93.33 million.
• Insider selling has occurred recently, with significant shares sold by Director Paul Paradis and COO Amin Sabzivand, marking a collective decrease in ownership among company insiders.

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at B. Riley cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sezzle in a note issued to investors on Monday, August 11th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now forecasts that the company will earn $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.72. B. Riley has a "Buy" rating and a $111.00 price objective 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on SEZL. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Sezzle from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Sezzle from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd.

Sezzle Stock Performance

Shares of SEZL stock traded up $0.40 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $91.87. The company had a trading volume of 903,756 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,296,339. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $142.33 and a 200-day moving average price of $86.65. Sezzle has a one year low of $19.89 and a one year high of $186.74. The firm has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48 and a beta of 9.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 2.62 and a current ratio of 3.51.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.11. The company 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%.

Insider Transactions at Sezzle

In other news, Director Paul Paradis sold 3,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.62, for a total value of $445,860.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 266,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $39,532,920. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 5,484 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $168.02, for a total transaction of $921,421.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 126,846 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,312,664.92. The trade was a 4.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 80,696 shares of company stock worth $11,817,465. Insiders own 49.49% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Sezzle

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SEZL. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Sezzle by 497.6% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,013,698 shares of the company's stock valued at $35,368,000 after buying an additional 844,084 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Sezzle by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 439,799 shares of the company's stock worth $78,842,000 after purchasing an additional 7,067 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in shares of Sezzle during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $71,770,000. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Sezzle by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 355,242 shares of the company's stock worth $63,677,000 after purchasing an additional 19,706 shares during the period. Finally, Driehaus Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Sezzle by 497.8% in the 1st quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 327,276 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,419,000 after acquiring an additional 272,530 shares during the period. 2.02% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Sezzle Company Profile

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.