B. Riley Comments on Sezzle’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:SEZL)

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) – Stock analysts at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for Sezzle in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now forecasts that the company will earn $13.26 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $13.21. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $377.00 price objective 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 earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31. The business had revenue of $271.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $73.90 million. Sezzle had a net margin of 25.29% and a return on equity of 101.18%.

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

Sezzle Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SEZL opened at $299.11 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $264.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $244.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.82 and a beta of 9.56. The company has a quick ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 2.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. Sezzle has a 52 week low of $40.39 and a 52 week high of $477.52.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sezzle

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SEZL. Plato Investment Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Sezzle in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Sezzle in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. Covestor Ltd purchased a new position in Sezzle during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its stake in Sezzle by 3,575.0% during the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 147 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the period. Finally, Modus Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Sezzle during the fourth quarter worth about $80,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Kyle M. Brehm acquired 110 shares of the company’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 acquisition, the director now owns 3,718 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,338,480. This trade represents a 3.05 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,109,474.72. This represents a 8.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company 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.