NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.930-3.030 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.960. The company issued revenue guidance of $709.0 million-$719.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $712.3 million. NICE also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 12.280-12.480 EPS.

NICE Stock Down 4.9%

NICE opened at $161.11 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $153.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $165.37. NICE has a fifty-two week low of $137.19 and a fifty-two week high of $215.65. The firm has a market cap of $10.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.03.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 15th. The technology company reported $2.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.84 by ($0.55). NICE had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 16.18%. Research analysts anticipate that NICE will post 9.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on NICE shares. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on NICE from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of NICE from $279.00 to $228.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 24th. StockNews.com lowered shares of NICE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 17th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NICE in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of NICE from $235.00 to $202.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $224.29.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NICE

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in NICE stock. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,464 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $226,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 63.34% of the company’s stock.

NICE Company Profile

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing.