Sidoti Issues Optimistic Estimate for Beneficient Earnings

Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) – Equities research analysts at Sidoti increased their Q1 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Beneficient in a research note issued on Friday, July 10th. Sidoti analyst B. Mccarthy now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($2.06) for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of ($2.12). The consensus estimate for Beneficient’s current full-year earnings is ($3.41) per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for Beneficient’s Q2 2027 earnings at ($1.14) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at ($0.33) EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($3.43) EPS.

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Beneficient in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

Beneficient Price Performance

Beneficient stock opened at $2.86 on Wednesday. Beneficient has a 12 month low of $2.16 and a 12 month high of $12.48. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $4.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.53 million, a PE ratio of -0.04 and a beta of -0.01.

Institutional Trading of Beneficient

An institutional investor recently raised its stake in Beneficient stock. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) by 154.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 154,257 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 93,709 shares during the quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC owned 1.11% of Beneficient worth $1,084,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.57% of the company’s stock.

Beneficient Company Profile

Beneficient, a technology-enabled financial services company, provides liquidity solutions and related trustee, custody and trust administrative services to participants in the alternative asset industry in the United States. It operates through Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Customer ExAlt Trusts segments. The company offers Ben AltAccess platform for secure, online, and end-to-end delivery of each of the Ben business unit products and services, including upload documents, and work through tasks, and complete their transactions with standardized transaction agreements.