Nice (NICE) Projected to Post Earnings on Thursday

Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) is expected to be issuing its Q2 2025 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, August 14th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $2.99 per share and revenue of $713.18 million for the quarter. Nice has set its FY 2025 guidance at 12.280-12.480 EPS and its Q2 2025 guidance at 2.930-3.030 EPS.

Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 15th. The technology company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.84 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $700.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $699.46 million. Nice had a return on equity of 16.37% and a net margin of 16.77%. Nice’s quarterly revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.58 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Nice to post $10 EPS for the current fiscal year and $11 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Nice Stock Down 2.7%

NICE stock opened at $144.65 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $9.15 billion, a PE ratio of 20.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.98. The business has a 50 day moving average of $163.36 and a 200-day moving average of $159.62. Nice has a 12-month low of $137.19 and a 12-month high of $200.65.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nice

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nice in the first quarter worth $226,000. Empowered Funds LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nice in the first quarter worth $892,000. Woodline Partners LP raised its position in shares of Nice by 18.7% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 20,140 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,105,000 after buying an additional 3,178 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Nice by 81.7% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 229,813 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $35,430,000 after buying an additional 103,342 shares in the last quarter. 63.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on NICE. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $161.00 price objective on shares of Nice in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Nice from $214.00 to $211.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 19th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Nice from $235.00 to $202.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Nice in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, DA Davidson raised Nice to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Nice has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $209.75.

Nice Company Profile

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.