NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.780-2.880 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $693.0 million-$703.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $725.5 million. NICE also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 12.130-12.330 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and set a $200.00 target price (down from $215.00) on shares of NICE in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of NICE from $286.00 to $226.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. StockNews.com cut shares of NICE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on NICE in a research note on Friday, January 17th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $176.00 target price for the company. Finally, Citigroup dropped their target price on NICE from $315.00 to $279.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $244.60.

NICE Price Performance

NASDAQ:NICE opened at $153.59 on Friday. NICE has a 12-month low of $147.38 and a 12-month high of $270.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $170.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $173.01.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.96 by ($0.71). NICE had a return on equity of 15.31% and a net margin of 16.11%. Research analysts anticipate that NICE will post 8.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About NICE

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing.