Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Euronet Worldwide has issued its FY 2025 EPS guidance, forecasting a range of 9.640-9.990, exceeding the consensus estimate of 9.420.
• The company's stock opened at $88.64, reflecting a 0.5% decline following the earnings guidance announcement.
• Euronet Worldwide's recent quarterly earnings report showed an EPS of $2.56, falling short of the expected $2.66, with revenue increasing 8.9% year-over-year.

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 9.640-9.990 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 9.420. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Euronet Worldwide Stock Down 0.5%

EEFT opened at $88.64 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $90.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $98.00. Euronet Worldwide has a 52 week low of $82.18 and a 52 week high of $114.25. The company has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion, a PE ratio of 12.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The business services provider reported $2.56 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.66 by ($0.10). Euronet Worldwide had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 26.62%. The company had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.25 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. Euronet Worldwide has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.640-9.990 EPS. Analysts forecast that Euronet Worldwide will post 9.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EEFT has been the subject of several research reports. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Euronet Worldwide from $134.00 to $133.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 17th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their target price on shares of Euronet Worldwide from $110.00 to $100.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Euronet Worldwide in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Euronet Worldwide from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, October 18th. Finally, DA Davidson restated a "buy" rating and set a $130.00 target price on shares of Euronet Worldwide in a research report on Friday, September 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Euronet Worldwide presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $122.60.

Institutional Trading of Euronet Worldwide

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in Euronet Worldwide by 48.4% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 334 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Euronet Worldwide by 422.8% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,631 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $165,000 after purchasing an additional 1,319 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new position in Euronet Worldwide in the 1st quarter worth about $202,000. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new position in Euronet Worldwide in the 2nd quarter worth about $204,000. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its stake in Euronet Worldwide by 18.2% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 2,710 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 418 shares in the last quarter. 91.60% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Euronet Worldwide Company Profile

Euronet Worldwide, Inc provides payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers, and individual consumers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Electronic Fund Transfer Processing, epay, and Money Transfer. The Electronic Fund Transfer Processing segment provides electronic payment solutions, including automated teller machine (ATM) cash withdrawal and deposit services, ATM network participation, outsourced ATM and point-of-sale (POS) management solutions, credit and debit and prepaid card outsourcing, card issuing, and merchant acquiring services.

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