Noble Financial Issues Negative Outlook for ODP Earnings

The ODP Co. (NASDAQ:ODP) – Research analysts at Noble Financial reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for ODP in a report released on Tuesday, March 4th. Noble Financial analyst J. Gomes now anticipates that the specialty retailer will post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.35. The consensus estimate for ODP’s current full-year earnings is $3.26 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for ODP’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.58 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group cut their price objective on ODP from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com downgraded ODP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th.

ODP Price Performance

ODP stock opened at $14.72 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company has a market capitalization of $438.91 million, a PE ratio of -16.18, a P/E/G ratio of 0.30 and a beta of 1.38. ODP has a 12-month low of $13.44 and a 12-month high of $53.56. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $21.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.97.

ODP (NASDAQ:ODP) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The specialty retailer reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by ($0.14). The business had revenue of $1.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.61 billion. ODP had a negative net margin of 0.52% and a positive return on equity of 12.15%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. KBC Group NV boosted its position in shares of ODP by 88.9% during the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,844 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 868 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of ODP by 380.1% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,879 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $88,000 after purchasing an additional 3,071 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its position in ODP by 38.3% during the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 4,324 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $98,000 after acquiring an additional 1,198 shares during the period. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new stake in ODP during the 4th quarter worth approximately $143,000. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new stake in ODP during the 4th quarter worth approximately $150,000. 99.56% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About ODP

The ODP Corporation provides business services and supplies, products, and digital workplace technology solutions for small, medium, and enterprise businesses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company operates through four divisions: ODP Business Solutions, Office Depot, Veyer, and Varis.