B. Riley Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for Sezzle

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) – Equities researchers at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sezzle in a note issued to investors on Monday, August 11th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $3.27 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.23. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $111.00 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 $4.81 EPS.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $60.31 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $93.33 million. Sezzle had a net margin of 28.13% and a return on equity of 102.90%.

SEZL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wall Street Zen cut Sezzle from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Sezzle from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd.

Sezzle Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SEZL opened at $92.17 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $143.78 and its 200 day moving average is $85.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 2.62 and a current ratio of 3.51. The company has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.58 and a beta of 9.09. Sezzle has a fifty-two week low of $19.67 and a fifty-two week high of $186.74.

Insider Activity at Sezzle

In other news, COO Amin Sabzivand sold 6,028 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.23, for a total transaction of $989,978.44. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 243,303 shares in the company, valued at $39,957,651.69. This represents a 2.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Paul Paradis sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.21, for a total value of $264,630.00. Following the sale, the director owned 245,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,611,450. This represents a 1.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 80,696 shares of company stock worth $11,817,465. Company insiders own 49.49% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sezzle

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. bought a new stake in shares of Sezzle during the second quarter valued at about $29,000. Spire Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Sezzle during the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sezzle during the second quarter valued at about $33,000. CWM LLC increased its position in shares of Sezzle by 49,400.0% during the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 988 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. increased its position in shares of Sezzle by 3,575.0% during the fourth 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 period. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Sezzle Company Profile

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.