What is Wedbush’s Estimate for Upstart FY2026 Earnings?

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST) – Investment analysts at Wedbush raised their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Upstart in a report issued on Monday, November 25th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.31 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.30. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $60.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Upstart’s current full-year earnings is ($2.18) per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company. BTIG Research upgraded Upstart from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Barclays lifted their target price on Upstart from $25.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Piper Sandler upgraded Upstart from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $85.00 in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Mizuho lifted their target price on Upstart from $33.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Upstart from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $30.00 to $45.00 in a report on Friday, November 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Upstart presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $46.83.

Upstart Price Performance

NASDAQ UPST opened at $78.51 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -40.68 and a beta of 1.97. Upstart has a one year low of $20.60 and a one year high of $86.07. The business’s fifty day moving average is $53.10 and its 200-day moving average is $37.61.

Insider Buying and Selling at Upstart

In other Upstart news, insider Natalia Mirgorodskaya sold 5,000 shares of Upstart stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.03, for a total transaction of $205,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 22,477 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $922,231.31. The trade was a 18.20 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Sanjay Datta sold 1,500 shares of Upstart stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.54, for a total value of $119,310.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 331,093 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,335,137.22. The trade was a 0.45 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 451,742 shares of company stock valued at $24,719,949 in the last quarter. 18.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Upstart

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Upstart by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,128,975 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,698,000 after acquiring an additional 115,057 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Upstart by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,816,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,702,000 after acquiring an additional 29,482 shares during the last quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Upstart by 153.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 1,246,839 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,886,000 after acquiring an additional 754,416 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Upstart by 63.8% during the 3rd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 725,582 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,031,000 after acquiring an additional 282,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Upstart by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 642,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,721,000 after acquiring an additional 32,052 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 63.01% of the company’s stock.

Upstart Company Profile

Upstart Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform in the United States. Its platform includes personal loans, automotive retail and refinance loans, home equity lines of credit, and small dollar loans that connects consumer demand for loans to its to bank and credit unions.