Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 13.250-13.250 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 12.600. The company issued revenue guidance of $338.9 million-$352.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $332.0 million.

Sezzle Trading Up 2.5 %

Shares of SEZL traded up $7.22 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $291.44. The stock had a trading volume of 361,184 shares, compared to its average volume of 146,732. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $262.50 and its 200 day moving average is $241.17. The firm has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a PE ratio of 31.00 and a beta of 9.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 2.40 and a quick ratio of 2.40. Sezzle has a 1 year low of $40.39 and a 1 year high of $477.52.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.08 by $1.31. Sezzle had a net margin of 25.29% and a return on equity of 101.18%. As a group, analysts forecast that Sezzle will post 9.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have commented on SEZL. Northland Securities upped their price objective on Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. B. Riley restated a “buy” rating and set a $372.00 price target (up previously from $353.00) on shares of Sezzle in a research note on Thursday, December 19th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Sezzle news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of Sezzle stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.32, for a total value of $1,093,518.24. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 35,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,109,474.72. The trade was a 8.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm acquired 110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $360.00 per share, with a total value of $39,600.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 3,718 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,338,480. The trade was a 3.05 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 57.65% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Sezzle Company Profile

Sezzle Inc operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company provides payment solution in-store and at online retail stores; and through proprietary payments solution that connects consumers with merchants. It also offers Sezzle Platform that provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time; Pay-in-Four, which allows consumers to pay a fourth of the purchase price up front and then another fourth of the purchase price every two weeks thereafter over a total of six weeks; Pay-in-Full that allows consumers to pay for the full value of their order up-front through the Sezzle Platform without the extension of credit; and Pay-in-Two and other alternative installment options, which allow consumer to pay half of the value of their order up-front and the second half in two weeks.