Research Analysts Offer Predictions for NICE Q1 Earnings

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of NICE in a research note issued to investors on Friday, February 21st. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria forecasts that the technology company will earn $2.24 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $225.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NICE’s current full-year earnings is $9.85 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NICE’s FY2025 earnings at $9.79 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of NICE in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $200.00 price objective (down previously from $215.00) on shares of NICE in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Oppenheimer cut shares of NICE from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on shares of NICE from $176.00 to $161.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on shares of NICE from $225.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $231.64.

NICE Stock Up 3.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ:NICE opened at $160.99 on Monday. NICE has a fifty-two week low of $147.38 and a fifty-two week high of $270.73. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $169.57 and a 200 day simple moving average of $172.93. The company has a market cap of $10.12 billion, a PE ratio of 23.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.06.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.96 by ($0.71). NICE had a net margin of 16.18% and a return on equity of 16.17%. The business had revenue of $721.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $718.47 million.

Institutional Trading of NICE

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NICE. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NICE in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $313,808,000. Boston Partners lifted its position in shares of NICE by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,670,327 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $283,349,000 after acquiring an additional 151,528 shares in the last quarter. Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. lifted its position in shares of NICE by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. now owns 1,660,037 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $281,941,000 after acquiring an additional 36,865 shares in the last quarter. HMI Capital Management L.P. lifted its position in shares of NICE by 12.8% in the 4th quarter. HMI Capital Management L.P. now owns 1,642,770 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $279,008,000 after acquiring an additional 186,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. lifted its position in shares of NICE by 21.6% in the 3rd quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 1,575,645 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $273,642,000 after acquiring an additional 279,375 shares in the last quarter. 63.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About NICE

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing.