NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE - Get Free Report) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.930-3.030 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.960. The company issued revenue guidance of $709.0 million-$719.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $712.3 million. NICE also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 12.280-12.480 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barclays decreased their target price on NICE from $286.00 to $226.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of NICE in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NICE in a research report on Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $161.00 price target on shares of NICE in a research report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on NICE from $279.00 to $228.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NICE has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $221.79.

NICE Stock Up 1.4%

NASDAQ NICE traded up $2.32 on Friday, reaching $163.43. 677,637 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 569,636. The company has a market cap of $10.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.03. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $153.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $165.16. NICE has a 12 month low of $137.19 and a 12 month high of $202.36.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 15th. The technology company reported $2.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.84 by ($0.55). The company had revenue of $700.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $699.46 million. NICE had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 16.18%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NICE will post 9.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of NICE

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NICE. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in NICE during the first quarter worth $226,000. Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new position in NICE during the first quarter worth $892,000. Woodline Partners LP increased its position in NICE by 18.7% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 20,140 shares of the technology company's stock worth $3,105,000 after buying an additional 3,178 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in NICE by 81.7% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 229,813 shares of the technology company's stock worth $35,430,000 after buying an additional 103,342 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 63.34% of the company's stock.

About NICE

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing.