William Blair Predicts Higher Earnings for Simulations Plus

Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP) – William Blair lifted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Simulations Plus in a report released on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst M. Smock now forecasts that the technology company will earn $0.34 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.32. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Simulations Plus’ current full-year earnings is $1.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Simulations Plus’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SLP. Stephens initiated coverage on Simulations Plus in a research report on Friday, November 15th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $39.00 price objective on the stock. StockNews.com lowered Simulations Plus from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. BTIG Research lowered their price target on Simulations Plus from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, KeyCorp cut their price objective on shares of Simulations Plus from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $49.00.

Simulations Plus Trading Down 7.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ SLP opened at $28.21 on Thursday. Simulations Plus has a 12-month low of $24.00 and a 12-month high of $51.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $29.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $566.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.57 and a beta of 0.80.

Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The technology company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $18.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.73 million. Simulations Plus had a return on equity of 6.16% and a net margin of 14.15%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.18 EPS.

Insider Buying and Selling at Simulations Plus

In other news, Director Walter S. Woltosz sold 20,000 shares of Simulations Plus stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.76, for a total transaction of $635,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 3,442,584 shares in the company, valued at approximately $109,336,467.84. The trade was a 0.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 19.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Simulations Plus

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Arizona State Retirement System acquired a new stake in shares of Simulations Plus during the second quarter worth about $218,000. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Simulations Plus in the 2nd quarter valued at $206,000. Wedbush Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Simulations Plus by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 18,025 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $876,000 after acquiring an additional 1,709 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Simulations Plus by 1.5% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 54,813 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,665,000 after acquiring an additional 784 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Simulations Plus by 10.1% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 414,005 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $20,128,000 after purchasing an additional 37,992 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.08% of the company’s stock.

Simulations Plus Company Profile

Simulations Plus, Inc develops drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and prediction of molecular properties utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning based technology worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Software and Services. It offers GastroPlus, which simulates the absorption and drug interaction of compounds administered to humans and animals; and DDDPlus and MembranePlus simulation products.