Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.12 EPS

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.25 by ($0.12), Zacks reports. Stagwell had a return on equity of 8.03% and a net margin of 0.01%. Stagwell updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.880 EPS.

Stagwell Stock Down 5.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:STGW traded down $0.35 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $6.36. 678,287 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 342,271. Stagwell has a 52-week low of $4.88 and a 52-week high of $8.18. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $6.45 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $6.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 0.95. The company has a market capitalization of $1.67 billion, a PE ratio of 21.00 and a beta of 1.44.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on STGW shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $9.00 price target on shares of Stagwell in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Benchmark raised their price target on Stagwell from $8.50 to $9.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised Stagwell from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $8.00 to $9.00 in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $8.58.

Stagwell Company Profile

Stagwell Inc provides digital transformation, performance media and data, consumer insights and strategy, and creativity and communications services. The company operates through three segments: Integrated Agencies Network, Brand Performance Network, and Communications Network. It designs and builds digital platforms and experiences that support the delivery of content, commerce, service, and sales; creates websites, mobile applications, back-end systems, content and data management systems, and other digital environments; designs and implements technology and data strategies; and develops software and related technology products, including artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled communications, research, and media technology, cookie-less data platforms for advance targeting and activation, software tools for e-commerce applications, specialty media solutions in the augmented reality space, and text messaging applications for consumer engagement.