Research Analysts Set Expectations for Sirius XM Q1 Earnings

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) – Equities researchers at Barrington Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Sirius XM in a research report issued on Friday, January 31st. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.80. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $30.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sirius XM’s current full-year earnings is $2.98 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Sirius XM’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.07 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.06 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on SIRI. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Sirius XM from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 4th. StockNews.com initiated coverage on Sirius XM in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. They set a “sell” rating on the stock. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $43.00 price target on shares of Sirius XM in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Sirius XM from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Sirius XM from $22.00 to $16.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.96.

Sirius XM Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SIRI opened at $24.00 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $8.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.74, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. Sirius XM has a 12-month low of $20.47 and a 12-month high of $51.80. The business’s 50 day moving average is $23.62 and its 200 day moving average is $26.68.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.20. Sirius XM had a positive return on equity of 13.44% and a negative net margin of 24.03%.

Sirius XM Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.50%. Sirius XM’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -16.85%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sirius XM

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Sirius XM by 8.9% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,333,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,260,000 after acquiring an additional 353,860 shares in the last quarter. Sessa Capital IM L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Sirius XM in the third quarter valued at approximately $77,983,000. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Sirius XM in the third quarter valued at approximately $67,598,000. Seizert Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Sirius XM in the third quarter worth approximately $46,173,000. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its stake in Sirius XM by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 1,272,526 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,014,000 after buying an additional 36,300 shares in the last quarter. 10.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Sirius XM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc operates as an audio entertainment company in North America. It operates in two segments, Sirius XM, and Pandora and Off-platform. The company’s Sirius XM segment provides music, sports, entertainment, comedy, talk, news, traffic and weather channels, and other content, as well as podcast and infotainment services on subscription fee basis; and live, curated, and exclusive and on demand programming services through satellite radio systems and streamed through applications for mobile and home devices, and other consumer electronic equipment.