B. Riley Has Positive Outlook of Sezzle FY2025 Earnings

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

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

Sezzle Trading Down 6.6 %

Shares of Sezzle stock opened at $286.12 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a current ratio of 2.40. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $264.16 and a 200-day moving average of $243.15. Sezzle has a 52-week low of $40.39 and a 52-week high of $477.52. The stock has a market cap of $1.60 billion, a PE ratio of 30.44 and a beta of 9.58.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Creative Planning bought a new position in shares of Sezzle in the 3rd quarter valued at $383,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Sezzle in the third quarter valued at about $548,000. Covestor Ltd bought a new position in Sezzle in the third quarter valued at about $38,000. Navellier & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in Sezzle during the third quarter worth about $1,217,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Sezzle by 191.7% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,474,000 after acquiring an additional 13,383 shares during the last quarter. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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