Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts rate Trimble a "Moderate Buy" — 12 brokerages cover the stock (10 buys, 2 holds) with an average 12‑month price target of $92.78.
• Insider selling accelerated this quarter with 31,725 shares sold (~$2.15M); the CEO and a VP executed Rule 10b5‑1 plans to cover tax obligations, and insiders now own 0.59% of the company.
• Q results and outlook: Trimble beat estimates with $1.00 EPS (vs. $0.96) and $969.8M revenue (vs. $949.97M), and issued FY2026 EPS guidance of $3.420–3.620 and Q1 guidance of $0.690–0.740; the stock trades at a ~39.1 P/E with a $15.87B market cap.

Shares of Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB - Get Free Report) have earned an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the twelve brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $92.7778.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on TRMB shares. Barclays upped their price objective on Trimble from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Trimble from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $86.00 target price on shares of Trimble in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Trimble from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, April 4th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Trimble in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Trimble news, VP Mark David Schwartz sold 16,725 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.01, for a total transaction of $1,120,742.25. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 19,668 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,317,952.68. The trade was a 45.96% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Robert G. Painter sold 7,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.94, for a total transaction of $502,050.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 11,897 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $796,385.18. This represents a 38.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 31,725 shares of company stock valued at $2,151,167. Company insiders own 0.59% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Trimble

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in shares of Trimble by 30.9% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 96,052 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $7,843,000 after acquiring an additional 22,650 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its position in shares of Trimble by 31.5% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 146,283 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $11,944,000 after acquiring an additional 35,015 shares during the period. Essex Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in shares of Trimble by 168.8% during the 3rd quarter. Essex Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 45,669 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $3,729,000 after acquiring an additional 28,676 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position in shares of Trimble by 123.4% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 237,294 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $19,375,000 after acquiring an additional 131,056 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC grew its position in shares of Trimble by 17.5% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 839,625 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $68,555,000 after acquiring an additional 124,772 shares during the period. 93.21% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trimble Stock Performance

TRMB stock opened at $68.37 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.87 billion, a PE ratio of 39.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.45. Trimble has a 12-month low of $62.00 and a 12-month high of $87.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $66.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $73.13.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $969.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $949.97 million. Trimble had a return on equity of 11.18% and a net margin of 11.82%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. Trimble has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.420-3.620 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.690-0.740 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Trimble will post 3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Trimble Company Profile

Trimble Inc NASDAQ: TRMB is a technology company that develops hardware, software and services to improve the productivity and connectivity of customers across the construction, agriculture, geospatial, transportation and logistics, and natural resources sectors. The company's offerings center on advanced positioning technologies — including GNSS/GPS receivers, inertial sensors and laser scanning — integrated with application-specific software and cloud services to enable precise measurement, modeling, machine control and workflow automation for field and office operations.

Trimble's product portfolio spans surveying and geospatial instruments (total stations, mobile mapping and terrestrial laser scanners), construction solutions (machine control systems, site positioning and estimating), agriculture systems (auto-steer, guidance and application-control platforms), and fleet and transportation telematics.

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