Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts have assigned Intuit a consensus recommendation of Moderate Buy from 31 brokerages (23 buy, 7 hold, 1 strong buy), with an average 1‑year price target of $636.10 — implying significant upside from the stock's recent ~ $399 open.
• Intuit beat last quarter's estimates, reporting EPS of $4.15 vs. $3.68 expected and revenue of $4.65 billion (up 17.4% year‑over‑year), and set Q3 2026 EPS guidance of 12.450–12.510 and FY 2026 guidance of 22.980–23.180.
• The company pays a quarterly dividend of $1.20 (annualized $4.80, yield ~1.2%, payout ratio ~31.1%) and currently trades with a market cap of about $110.3 billion and a PE ratio of 25.8.

Shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the thirty-one brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $636.0968.

A number of research firms have commented on INTU. Guggenheim set a $633.00 target price on Intuit in a research report on Monday, March 16th. KeyCorp decreased their target price on Intuit from $750.00 to $520.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 27th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded Intuit from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $463.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Susquehanna decreased their target price on Intuit from $819.00 to $720.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $550.00 target price on Intuit and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th.

Intuit Stock Down 0.0%

Intuit stock opened at $399.00 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.32. Intuit has a 1-year low of $342.11 and a 1-year high of $813.70. The company has a market cap of $110.34 billion, a PE ratio of 25.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.04. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $414.84 and its 200 day moving average price is $537.68.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The software maker reported $4.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.68 by $0.47. Intuit had a return on equity of 24.23% and a net margin of 21.57%.The firm had revenue of $4.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.53 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.32 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Intuit has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 12.450-12.510 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 22.980-23.180 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Intuit will post 17.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a dividend of $1.20 per share. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Intuit's payout ratio is presently 31.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intuit news, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $440.40, for a total transaction of $146,653.20. Following the sale, the director directly owned 13,253 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,836,621.20. The trade was a 2.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 2.49% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Intuit

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTU. NEOS Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Intuit by 63.8% in the third quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 121,516 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $82,984,000 after purchasing an additional 47,330 shares during the last quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co increased its stake in Intuit by 8.7% in the third quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 45,058 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $30,771,000 after purchasing an additional 3,600 shares during the last quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new position in Intuit in the third quarter valued at $1,465,000. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Intuit by 15.8% in the third quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 47,629 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $32,526,000 after purchasing an additional 6,503 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Magellan Asset Management Ltd increased its stake in Intuit by 8.4% in the third quarter. Magellan Asset Management Ltd now owns 285,052 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $194,665,000 after purchasing an additional 22,051 shares during the last quarter. 83.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intuit Company Profile

Intuit Inc NASDAQ: INTU is a financial software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, that develops and sells cloud-based financial management and compliance products for individuals, small businesses, self-employed workers and accounting professionals. Founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, the company has grown from desktop tax and accounting software into a diversified provider of online financial tools. As of my latest update, Sasan Goodarzi serves as Chief Executive Officer.

Intuit's product portfolio includes QuickBooks, its flagship accounting and business-management platform that offers bookkeeping, payroll, payments and invoicing capabilities; TurboTax, a tax-preparation and filing service aimed at individual taxpayers; and Mint, a consumer personal-finance and budgeting app.

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