Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

Key Points

• Polaris Inc. has received a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from fourteen brokerages, with one sell rating, twelve hold ratings, and one buy rating.
• The average 1-year price target for Polaris shares is $48.33, with varying adjustments from several investment analysts in recent reports.
• Polaris recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.67 per share, representing an annualized yield of 4.6%, despite having a negative dividend payout ratio of -142.55%.

Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the fourteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, twelve have issued a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $48.3333.

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PII. Zacks Research cut Polaris from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Polaris from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a "market perform" rating and issued a $52.00 target price (up previously from $33.00) on shares of Polaris in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "sell" rating and issued a $27.00 target price (up previously from $23.00) on shares of Polaris in a research report on Monday, June 16th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Polaris from $46.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th.

Institutional Trading of Polaris

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of PII. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position in Polaris by 371.4% during the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 693 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 546 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in Polaris by 114.1% during the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 805 shares of the company's stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 429 shares in the last quarter. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Polaris during the first quarter valued at about $35,000. EMC Capital Management bought a new position in Polaris during the second quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its holdings in Polaris by 46.9% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 996 shares of the company's stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 318 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.06% of the company's stock.

Polaris Stock Performance

PII traded up $1.19 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $59.14. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,239,913 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,301,085. Polaris has a fifty-two week low of $30.92 and a fifty-two week high of $86.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.04, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.32 billion, a PE ratio of -31.46 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $52.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $43.83.

Polaris (NYSE:PII - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.35. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.73 billion. Polaris had a positive return on equity of 5.16% and a negative net margin of 1.57%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.38 EPS. Polaris has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Polaris will post 1.11 EPS for the current year.

Polaris Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be given a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. Polaris's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -142.55%.

Polaris Company Profile

Polaris Inc designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets powersports vehicles in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Off-Road, On-Road, and Marine. The company offers off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles; military and commercial ORVs; snowmobiles; motorcycles; and moto-roadsters, quadricycles, and boats.