Wedbush Increases Earnings Estimates for Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) – Investment analysts at Wedbush upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for Diebold Nixdorf in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, November 5th. Wedbush analyst A. Legault now forecasts that the technology company will earn $4.42 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $3.44. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $80.00 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 $1.73 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The technology company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.73. The firm had revenue of ($1,756.30) million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $947.43 million. Diebold Nixdorf had a negative net margin of 0.35% and a positive return on equity of 7.92%.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on DBD. Weiss Ratings upgraded Diebold Nixdorf from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday. Wall Street Zen raised Diebold Nixdorf from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 11th. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $80.00 target price on shares of Diebold Nixdorf in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Diebold Nixdorf has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $80.00.

Diebold Nixdorf Stock Performance

Shares of DBD opened at $65.12 on Monday. Diebold Nixdorf has a one year low of $34.88 and a one year high of $66.28. The company has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a PE ratio of -191.52 and a beta of 1.59. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $58.68 and a 200-day moving average of $55.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.91.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Diebold Nixdorf

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Inspire Investing LLC boosted its stake in Diebold Nixdorf by 199.3% during the second quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 23,462 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,300,000 after buying an additional 15,622 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new position in Diebold Nixdorf during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,308,000. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Diebold Nixdorf during the 2nd quarter valued at $258,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Diebold Nixdorf during the first quarter valued at about $264,000. Finally, New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC purchased a new position in Diebold Nixdorf in the 1st quarter worth approximately $10,683,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.04% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Diebold Nixdorf

In related news, major shareholder Millstreet Capital Management sold 38,963 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.08, for a total transaction of $2,340,897.04. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 5,968,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $358,581,351.84. This trade represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.26% of the company’s stock.

Diebold Nixdorf declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 6th that permits the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the technology company to repurchase up to 4.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

About Diebold Nixdorf

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.