William Blair Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for Flywire

Flywire Co. (NASDAQ:FLYW - Free Report) - William Blair lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Flywire in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. William Blair analyst C. Kennedy now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.07) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.02). The consensus estimate for Flywire's current full-year earnings is $0.14 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Flywire's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.00 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS.

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $128.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $124.18 million. Flywire had a net margin of 4.23% and a return on equity of 2.49%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 17.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.05) EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on FLYW. UBS Group cut Flywire from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their target price for the company from $25.00 to $15.00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Raymond James cut Flywire from a "strong-buy" rating to an "outperform" rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $29.00 to $17.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Stephens downgraded Flywire from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $26.00 to $15.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. B. Riley reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $17.00 price target (down from $29.00) on shares of Flywire in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Flywire from $21.00 to $15.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $15.62.

Flywire Trading Down 2.1%

Shares of FLYW traded down $0.23 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $10.89. 2,043,831 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,725,655. Flywire has a 1 year low of $8.20 and a 1 year high of $23.40. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $9.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $16.11. The company has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.22.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Flywire

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Flywire during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI purchased a new position in shares of Flywire during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Flywire during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $77,000. KBC Group NV increased its stake in shares of Flywire by 64.0% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 4,899 shares of the company's stock valued at $101,000 after buying an additional 1,911 shares during the period. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Flywire during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $104,000. 95.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Gretchen Howard purchased 8,889 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 27th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $10.94 per share, for a total transaction of $97,245.66. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 30,770 shares of the company's stock, valued at $336,623.80. This represents a 40.62% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, General Counsel Peter Butterfield sold 5,523 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.08, for a total transaction of $55,671.84. Following the sale, the general counsel now owns 247,561 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,495,414.88. This represents a 2.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 3.90% of the company's stock.

About Flywire

Flywire Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments enablement and software company in the United States and internationally. Its payment platform and network, and vertical-specific software help clients to get paid and help their customers to pay. The company's platform facilitates payment flows across multiple currencies, payment types, and payment options, as well as provides direct connections to alternative payment methods, such as Alipay, Boleto, PayPal/Venmo, and Trustly.