Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 13.250-13.250 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 12.600. The company issued revenue guidance of $338.9 million-$352.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $332.0 million.

Sezzle Stock Up 5.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SEZL opened at $306.23 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.58 and a beta of 9.58. 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 business’s 50-day moving average is $263.31 and its 200-day moving average is $242.85. Sezzle has a 1 year low of $40.39 and a 1 year high of $477.52.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31. The company had revenue of $271.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.90 million. Sezzle had a return on equity of 101.18% and a net margin of 25.29%. Equities research analysts predict that Sezzle will post 9.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on SEZL. B. Riley reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $377.00 price target (up from $372.00) on shares of Sezzle in a research note on Wednesday. Northland Securities boosted their price objective on Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was 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 directly owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,109,474.72. This represents a 8.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm bought 110 shares of Sezzle stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $360.00 per share, with a total value of $39,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 3,718 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,338,480. This 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 currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.