Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $1.31 EPS

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.08 by $1.31, Zacks reports. Sezzle had a net margin of 25.29% and a return on equity of 101.18%. Sezzle updated its FY 2025 guidance to 13.250-13.250 EPS.

Sezzle Stock Up 2.5 %

SEZL traded up $7.22 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $291.44. 361,184 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 146,732. The stock has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.00 and a beta of 9.58. Sezzle has a twelve month low of $40.39 and a twelve month high of $477.52. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $262.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $241.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a current ratio of 2.40.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Northland Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Sezzle from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $372.00 price objective (up previously from $353.00) on shares of Sezzle in a research report on Thursday, December 19th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Karen Hartje sold 3,457 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.32, for a total transaction of $1,093,518.24. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 35,121 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,109,474.72. The trade was a 8.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kyle M. Brehm bought 110 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $360.00 per share, for a total transaction of $39,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 3,718 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $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 owned by corporate insiders.

About Sezzle

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.