B. Riley Weighs in on Sezzle’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:SEZL)

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) – Equities researchers at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sezzle in a report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch expects that the company will earn $2.21 per share for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $377.00 price objective 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $5.20 EPS.

Separately, Northland Securities boosted their target price on shares of Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th.

Sezzle Price Performance

Shares of SEZL opened at $286.12 on Friday. Sezzle has a 52 week low of $40.39 and a 52 week high of $477.52. The company has a current ratio of 2.40, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. The firm has a market cap of $1.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.44 and a beta of 9.58. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $264.16 and a 200-day moving average of $243.15.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31. Sezzle had a return on equity of 101.18% and a net margin of 25.29%. The business had revenue of $271.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.90 million.

Insider Activity at Sezzle

In other news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of Sezzle stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was 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 directly 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm bought 110 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $360.00 per share, for a total transaction of $39,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 3,718 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,338,480. This trade represents a 3.05 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 57.65% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 1,320 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in Sezzle by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 2,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Plato Investment Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Sezzle in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Sezzle in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in Sezzle by 3,575.0% during the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 147 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares during the period. 2.02% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.