B. Riley Estimates Sezzle's FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:SEZL)

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL - Free Report) - Research analysts at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sezzle in a report released 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 prior estimate of $2.21. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $62.83 target price 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 (NASDAQ:SEZL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.22. Sezzle had a return on equity of 101.18% and a net margin of 25.29%. The business had revenue of $271.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.90 million.

Sezzle Stock Up 3.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SEZL traded up $2.74 on Monday, reaching $92.84. The company had a trading volume of 388,645 shares, compared to its average volume of 770,743. Sezzle has a 52-week low of $10.69 and a 52-week high of $95.49. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $46.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.15 billion, a PE ratio of 9.94 and a beta of 8.41. 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 declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, March 10th that permits the company to buyback $50.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Sezzle news, COO Amin Sabzivand sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.86, for a total transaction of $736,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 277,074 shares of the company's stock, valued at $22,681,277.64. This represents a 3.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 311,196 shares of the 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 directly owns 154,266 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,080,926.78. The trade was a 66.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 426,396 shares of company stock worth $32,422,491 in the last ninety days. 57.65% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sezzle

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Sezzle by 497.6% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,013,698 shares of the company's stock worth $35,368,000 after acquiring an additional 844,084 shares during the period. Driehaus Capital Management LLC grew its position in Sezzle by 497.8% in the first quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 327,276 shares of the company's stock worth $11,419,000 after acquiring an additional 272,530 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of Sezzle by 429.0% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 132,361 shares of the company's stock worth $4,618,000 after buying an additional 107,340 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Sezzle by 483.0% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 120,661 shares of the company's stock worth $4,210,000 after buying an additional 99,964 shares during the period. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sezzle in the first quarter valued at $4,011,000. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.