Q1 EPS Estimate for T. Rowe Price Group Lowered by Analyst

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TROW) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for T. Rowe Price Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will earn $2.15 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.26. The consensus estimate for T. Rowe Price Group’s current full-year earnings is $9.29 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for T. Rowe Price Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.31 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.13 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.38 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.37 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.47 EPS.

T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The asset manager reported $2.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.20 by ($0.08). T. Rowe Price Group had a return on equity of 20.83% and a net margin of 29.61%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.72 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of T. Rowe Price Group from $126.00 to $121.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 24th. StockNews.com lowered shares of T. Rowe Price Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $113.00 price objective (up previously from $111.00) on shares of T. Rowe Price Group in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of T. Rowe Price Group from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of T. Rowe Price Group from $113.00 to $105.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $114.09.

T. Rowe Price Group Stock Down 3.6 %

T. Rowe Price Group stock opened at $100.10 on Monday. T. Rowe Price Group has a 52-week low of $98.70 and a 52-week high of $125.81. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $111.17 and a 200-day moving average of $112.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.93, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.44.

T. Rowe Price Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.27 per share. This represents a $5.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.07%. This is an increase from T. Rowe Price Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.24. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. T. Rowe Price Group’s dividend payout ratio is 55.46%.

Insider Buying and Selling at T. Rowe Price Group

In other T. Rowe Price Group news, VP Arif Husain sold 4,112 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.27, for a total transaction of $449,318.24. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 36,800 shares in the company, valued at $4,021,136. This represents a 10.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Andrew Justin Mackenzi Thomson sold 4,047 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.35, for a total transaction of $499,197.45. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 119,577 shares in the company, valued at $14,749,822.95. This trade represents a 3.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Nilsine Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of T. Rowe Price Group by 75.5% in the 4th quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 5,509 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $623,000 after buying an additional 2,370 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of T. Rowe Price Group by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 275,978 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $30,062,000 after buying an additional 7,503 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of T. Rowe Price Group by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 29,989 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $3,267,000 after buying an additional 1,100 shares during the last quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP bought a new position in shares of T. Rowe Price Group in the 3rd quarter worth about $516,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of T. Rowe Price Group by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,840,807 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $745,169,000 after buying an additional 231,286 shares during the last quarter. 73.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About T. Rowe Price Group

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe.