Wedbush Issues Negative Outlook for Diebold Nixdorf Earnings

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) – Wedbush dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Diebold Nixdorf in a report released on Thursday, May 8th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $1.05 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.40. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Diebold Nixdorf’s current full-year earnings is $4.59 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Diebold Nixdorf’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.57 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.76 EPS.

DBD has been the topic of a number of other reports. CJS Securities raised shares of Diebold Nixdorf to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. DA Davidson raised their target price on shares of Diebold Nixdorf from $65.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Diebold Nixdorf from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th.

Diebold Nixdorf Stock Up 1.6%

DBD opened at $48.73 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $42.89 and a 200-day moving average of $43.88. The company has a market capitalization of $1.82 billion, a P/E ratio of -110.75 and a beta of 1.73. Diebold Nixdorf has a fifty-two week low of $34.38 and a fifty-two week high of $51.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.32.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The technology company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.48). Diebold Nixdorf had a positive return on equity of 14.28% and a negative net margin of 0.44%. The company had revenue of $841.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $845.95 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Diebold Nixdorf

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sterling Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Diebold Nixdorf by 821.6% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 811 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 723 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its position in Diebold Nixdorf by 182.3% in the first quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 1,434 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $63,000 after acquiring an additional 926 shares during the last quarter. Virtus Investment Advisers Inc. acquired a new position in Diebold Nixdorf during the fourth quarter worth about $82,000. Vestcor Inc bought a new position in shares of Diebold Nixdorf in the fourth quarter worth about $119,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new stake in shares of Diebold Nixdorf in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $132,000. 97.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Diebold Nixdorf

In related news, Director Emanuel R. Pearlman sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.68, for a total transaction of $87,360.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 40,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,747,200. This trade represents a 4.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Frank Tobias Baur acquired 700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $46.12 per share, for a total transaction of $32,284.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the executive vice president now directly owns 38,572 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,778,940.64. The trade was a 1.85% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 0.26% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Diebold Nixdorf announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 12th that authorizes the company to buyback $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the technology company to repurchase up to 5.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Diebold Nixdorf Company Profile

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated engages in the automating, digitizing, and transforming the way people bank and shop worldwide. It operates through two segments, Banking and Retail. The company offers cash recyclers and dispensers, intelligent deposit terminals, teller automation tools, and kiosk technologies, as well as physical security solutions; and front-end applications for consumer connection points and back-end platforms that manage channel transactions, operations and integration, and facilitate omnichannel transactions, endpoint monitoring, remote asset management, customer marketing, merchandise management, and analytics.