What is B. Riley’s Estimate for Sezzle FY2025 Earnings?

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) – Investment analysts at B. Riley boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sezzle in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 26th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now expects that the company will earn $13.26 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $13.21. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $377.00 target price 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 FY2026 earnings at $18.84 EPS.

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

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

Sezzle Stock Up 5.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SEZL opened at $306.23 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.58 and a beta of 9.58. Sezzle has a 12-month low of $40.39 and a 12-month high of $477.52. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $263.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $242.85. The company has a current ratio of 2.40, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sezzle

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SEZL. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in Sezzle by 191.7% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,474,000 after buying an additional 13,383 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Sezzle by 295.9% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $679,000 after purchasing an additional 2,974 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 125.4% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 4,515 shares of the company’s stock worth $771,000 after purchasing an additional 2,512 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in Sezzle in the 3rd quarter valued at $276,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in Sezzle in the 3rd quarter valued at $548,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the 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 sale, the chief financial officer now owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,109,474.72. This represents a 8.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm acquired 110 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $360.00 per share, with a total value of $39,600.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 3,718 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,338,480. This represents a 3.05 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase 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.