William Blair Lifts Earnings Estimates for Simulations Plus

Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Simulations Plus in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 16th. William Blair analyst M. Smock now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $0.97 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.90. William Blair currently has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Simulations Plus' current full-year earnings is $1.09 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Simulations Plus' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on SLP. BTIG Research dropped their target price on shares of Simulations Plus from $41.00 to $25.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 7th. JMP Securities reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of Simulations Plus in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. KeyCorp cut shares of Simulations Plus from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Simulations Plus from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 28th. Finally, Stephens lowered their price target on shares of Simulations Plus from $28.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Simulations Plus has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $26.50.

Simulations Plus Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of Simulations Plus stock traded down $0.15 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $12.64. 144,442 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 304,285. The company has a 50 day moving average of $23.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.08. Simulations Plus has a fifty-two week low of $12.62 and a fifty-two week high of $43.40. The stock has a market cap of $254.38 million, a P/E ratio of -4.02 and a beta of 0.83.

Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 14th. The technology company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.19. Simulations Plus had a negative net margin of 78.63% and a positive return on equity of 11.62%. The company had revenue of $20.36 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.83 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.27 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other Simulations Plus news, Director Walter S. Woltosz sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.51, for a total transaction of $670,200.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 3,344,157 shares in the company, valued at $112,062,701.07. This represents a 0.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 19.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Simulations Plus

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its position in Simulations Plus by 7,753.3% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 542,899 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $15,141,000 after buying an additional 535,986 shares in the last quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Simulations Plus by 17.2% in the first quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,609,388 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $63,982,000 after buying an additional 383,126 shares in the last quarter. Kennedy Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Simulations Plus by 59.4% in the fourth quarter. Kennedy Capital Management LLC now owns 289,286 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $8,068,000 after buying an additional 107,766 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new position in shares of Simulations Plus during the first quarter valued at $2,458,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Simulations Plus by 210.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 147,154 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $4,104,000 after acquiring an additional 99,789 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.08% of the company's stock.

About Simulations Plus

Simulations Plus, Inc develops drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and prediction of molecular properties utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning based technology worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Software and Services. It offers GastroPlus, which simulates the absorption and drug interaction of compounds administered to humans and animals; and DDDPlus and MembranePlus simulation products.

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