B. Riley Has Bullish Forecast for Sezzle FY2025 Earnings

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL - Free Report) - Equities researchers at B. Riley boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sezzle in a report issued on Thursday, May 8th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $3.23 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.21. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $62.83 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sezzle's current full-year earnings is $9.77 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Sezzle's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.59 EPS.

Sezzle Price Performance

SEZL traded up $0.47 on Monday, hitting $91.01. 1,041,412 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 770,589. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $44.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $47.55. The firm has a market cap of $3.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 8.41. Sezzle has a one year low of $10.69 and a one year high of $93.49. The company has a current ratio of 2.40, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $271.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.90 million. Sezzle had a return on equity of 101.18% and a net margin of 25.29%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sezzle

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 28.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 6,304 shares of the company's stock worth $1,613,000 after purchasing an additional 1,378 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 295.9% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,979 shares of the company's stock worth $679,000 after purchasing an additional 2,974 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sezzle in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,423,000. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 125.4% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 4,515 shares of the company's stock worth $771,000 after purchasing an additional 2,512 shares during the period. Finally, Swiss National Bank purchased a new position in shares of Sezzle in the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,407,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 2.02% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Sezzle

In other Sezzle news, Director Paul Paradis sold 18,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total transaction of $1,350,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 315,000 shares in the company, valued at $23,625,000. This trade represents a 5.41% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 311,196 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.83, for a total value of $22,353,208.68. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 154,266 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,080,926.78. This represents a 66.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 338,196 shares of company stock valued at $24,439,949. 57.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Sezzle declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Monday, March 10th that authorizes the company to repurchase $50.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Sezzle Company Profile

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.