Sezzle’s (SEZL) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at B. Riley

B. Riley reissued their buy rating on shares of Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) in a report published on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. B. Riley currently has a $377.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $372.00. B. Riley also issued estimates for Sezzle’s Q1 2025 earnings at $2.21 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $5.20 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $13.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $18.84 EPS.

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

Sezzle Stock Performance

Shares of Sezzle stock opened at $299.11 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 2.40 and a quick ratio of 2.40. The firm has a market cap of $1.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.82 and a beta of 9.56. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $264.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $244.41. Sezzle has a fifty-two week low of $40.39 and a fifty-two week high of $477.52.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31. Sezzle had a net margin of 25.29% and a return on equity of 101.18%. The firm had revenue of $271.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.90 million. Sell-side analysts predict that Sezzle will post 9.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,109,474.72. The trade was a 8.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm purchased 110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $360.00 per share, with a total value of $39,600.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 3,718 shares in the company, valued at $1,338,480. This trade represents a 3.05 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 57.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sezzle

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SEZL. G2 Investment Partners Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 275.9% in the 4th quarter. G2 Investment Partners Management LLC now owns 102,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,141,000 after buying an additional 75,007 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its position in Sezzle by 792.3% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 79,983 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,460,000 after acquiring an additional 71,019 shares in the last quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. lifted its position in Sezzle by 912.8% in the 4th quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. now owns 21,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,397,000 after acquiring an additional 19,014 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in Sezzle by 172.7% in the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 27,398 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,008,000 after acquiring an additional 17,351 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in Sezzle by 816.9% in the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 15,707 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,018,000 after acquiring an additional 13,994 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

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.