NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) Reaches New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NYSE:NIQ)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday. The stock traded as high as $20.69 and last traded at $20.4930, with a volume of 43,933 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $20.01.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NIQ has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on NIQ Global Intelligence from $13.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Zacks Research upgraded NIQ Global Intelligence from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on NIQ Global Intelligence from $13.00 to $16.50 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from $17.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $19.17.

NIQ Global Intelligence Trading Down 1.7%

The company has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a P/E ratio of -16.34 and a beta of -0.27. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $18.53 and a 200-day moving average price of $13.36. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.01.

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. NIQ Global Intelligence had a positive return on equity of 14.84% and a negative net margin of 8.01%. NIQ Global Intelligence has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.080-1.120 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.220-0.240 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that NIQ Global Intelligence plc will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 67.0% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 715,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,140,000 after purchasing an additional 287,129 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its position in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 271.3% in the first quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 585,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,660,000 after buying an additional 428,019 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 52.2% in the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 531,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,040,000 after buying an additional 182,300 shares in the last quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC raised its position in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 7.0% in the first quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 505,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,742,000 after buying an additional 33,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd boosted its stake in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 50.0% in the second quarter. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd now owns 300,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,805,000 after buying an additional 100,000 shares during the period.

NIQ Global Intelligence Company Profile

NIQ Global Intelligence, Inc (NYSE: NIQ), also known as NielsenIQ, provides consumer and retail intelligence to manufacturers and retailers. Its services include retail measurement, consumer and shopper insights, market research, and data analytics designed to help clients understand purchasing behavior, track product performance, and inform business decisions.

The company combines information from retail sales, consumer panels, and other sources to deliver analysis across product categories and markets.