Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Given New $111.00 Price Target at B. Riley

Key Points

• B. Riley analysts have upgraded Sezzle's target price from $101.00 to $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.30% from its previous close.
• Sezzle reported earnings of $0.69 per share for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, though revenue was lower than anticipated at $60.31 million.
• Insider selling occurred recently, with COO Amin Sabzivand and Director Paul Paradis each reducing their stakes in the company.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Free Report) had its price target raised by B. Riley from $101.00 to $111.00 in a report released on Monday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the stock. B. Riley also issued estimates for Sezzle's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.81 EPS.

SEZL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wall Street Zen cut Sezzle from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Sezzle from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd.

Sezzle Price Performance

NASDAQ SEZL traded up $0.36 during trading on Monday, hitting $91.83. 470,697 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,058,813. The company has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.46 and a beta of 9.09. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $143.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $85.97. The company has a quick ratio of 2.62, a current ratio of 3.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00. Sezzle has a 12-month low of $19.89 and a 12-month high of $186.74.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $60.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $93.33 million. Sezzle had a return on equity of 102.90% and a net margin of 28.13%. As a group, analysts predict that Sezzle will post 9.77 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO Amin Sabzivand sold 18,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.31, for a total value of $2,831,580.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 243,303 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,273,994.93. The trade was a 6.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 5,484 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $168.02, for a total transaction of $921,421.68. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 126,846 shares in the company, valued at $21,312,664.92. This represents a 4.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 80,696 shares of company stock valued at $11,817,465 in the last quarter. Insiders own 49.49% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sezzle in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $325,000. HRT Financial LP bought a new position in shares of Sezzle in the second quarter valued at $10,285,000. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Sezzle in the second quarter valued at $343,000. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new position in shares of Sezzle in the second quarter valued at $16,761,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in Sezzle by 2,793.1% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 30,493 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,466,000 after buying an additional 29,439 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 2.02% of the company's stock.

About Sezzle

Sezzle Inc operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company provides payment solution in-store and at online retail stores; and through proprietary payments solution that connects consumers with merchants. It also offers Sezzle Platform that provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time; Pay-in-Four, which allows consumers to pay a fourth of the purchase price up front and then another fourth of the purchase price every two weeks thereafter over a total of six weeks; Pay-in-Full that allows consumers to pay for the full value of their order up-front through the Sezzle Platform without the extension of credit; and Pay-in-Two and other alternative installment options, which allow consumer to pay half of the value of their order up-front and the second half in two weeks.