Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $1.31 EPS

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31, Zacks reports. Sezzle had a net margin of 25.29% and a return on equity of 101.18%. The company had revenue of $271.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.90 million. Sezzle updated its FY 2025 guidance to 13.250-13.250 EPS.

Sezzle Stock Performance

SEZL stock opened at $306.23 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.58 and a beta of 9.58. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $263.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $242.85. Sezzle has a one year low of $40.39 and a one year high of $477.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a current ratio of 2.40.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SEZL has been the subject of several analyst reports. Northland Securities increased their price target on shares of Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and set a $377.00 price target (up from $372.00) on shares of Sezzle in a research report on Wednesday.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sezzle

In related news, Director Kyle M. Brehm acquired 110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $360.00 per share, for a total transaction of $39,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 3,718 shares in the company, valued at $1,338,480. The trade was a 3.05 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.32, for a total transaction of $1,093,518.24. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 35,121 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,109,474.72. This trade represents a 8.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 57.65% of the company’s stock.

About Sezzle

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.