B. Riley Has Positive Estimate for Sezzle FY2025 Earnings

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) – Equities researchers at B. Riley lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Sezzle in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now anticipates that the company will earn $13.26 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $13.21. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $377.00 price target 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.

Separately, Northland Securities lifted their price objective on Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th.

Sezzle Stock Performance

Shares of SEZL opened at $306.23 on Thursday. Sezzle has a 12-month low of $40.39 and a 12-month high of $477.52. The stock has a market cap of $1.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.58 and a beta of 9.58. 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 company has a 50-day moving average of $263.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $242.85.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 analysts’ expectations of $73.90 million.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.32, for a total value of $1,093,518.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,109,474.72. The trade was a 8.96 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm purchased 110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $360.00 per share, with a total value of $39,600.00. Following the completion of the purchase, 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. 57.65% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SEZL. Plato Investment Management Ltd bought a new position in Sezzle during the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Sezzle in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Covestor Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Sezzle in the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its position in shares of Sezzle by 3,575.0% during the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Sezzle during the fourth quarter worth about $80,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 2.02% 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.