Wedbush Issues Positive Forecast for Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) Stock Price

Key Points

• Diebold Nixdorf's price target has been raised from $60.00 to $70.00 by Wedbush, indicating a potential upside of 18.49% from its current price.
• Wall Street Zen has downgraded Diebold Nixdorf from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating as of May 9th.
• Diebold Nixdorf has announced a $100 million share repurchase program, reflecting the company's belief that its stock is currently undervalued.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD - Get Free Report) had its price target boosted by equities researchers at Wedbush from $60.00 to $70.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has an "outperform" rating on the technology company's stock. Wedbush's price target indicates a potential upside of 16.71% from the stock's previous close. Wedbush also issued estimates for Diebold Nixdorf's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.24 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.02 EPS.

Separately, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Diebold Nixdorf from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th.

Diebold Nixdorf Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE DBD traded down $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $59.98. 46,178 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 169,115. Diebold Nixdorf has a 12-month low of $34.88 and a 12-month high of $61.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.36. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $55.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $48.10. The firm has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -176.26 and a beta of 1.68.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The technology company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.61 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $915.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $879.57 million. Diebold Nixdorf had a positive return on equity of 7.92% and a negative net margin of 0.35%. As a group, analysts expect that Diebold Nixdorf will post 4.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Diebold Nixdorf announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 6th that allows the company to buyback $100.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the technology company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new position in Diebold Nixdorf in the 4th quarter valued at about $146,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Diebold Nixdorf by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 108,918 shares of the technology company's stock worth $4,688,000 after buying an additional 3,395 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Diebold Nixdorf during the fourth quarter valued at $520,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its holdings in shares of Diebold Nixdorf by 23.7% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 17,092 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 3,276 shares during the period. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new position in Diebold Nixdorf during the fourth quarter valued at about $250,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.04% of the company's stock.

Diebold Nixdorf Company Profile

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated engages in the automating, digitizing, and transforming the way people bank and shop worldwide. It operates through two segments, Banking and Retail. The company offers cash recyclers and dispensers, intelligent deposit terminals, teller automation tools, and kiosk technologies, as well as physical security solutions; and front-end applications for consumer connection points and back-end platforms that manage channel transactions, operations and integration, and facilitate omnichannel transactions, endpoint monitoring, remote asset management, customer marketing, merchandise management, and analytics.