Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.12 EPS

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by ($0.12), Zacks reports. Stagwell had a return on equity of 8.03% and a net margin of 0.01%. Stagwell updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.880 EPS.

Stagwell Stock Down 5.2 %

STGW stock traded down $0.35 on Thursday, reaching $6.36. 678,287 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 342,271. Stagwell has a one year low of $4.88 and a one year high of $8.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.95. The company has a market cap of $1.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.00 and a beta of 1.44. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of $6.88.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on STGW. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of Stagwell from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $8.00 to $9.00 in a report on Friday, February 21st. Benchmark boosted their target price on Stagwell from $8.50 to $9.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $9.00 target price on shares of Stagwell in a research report on Friday, February 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Stagwell presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $8.58.

Stagwell Company Profile

Stagwell Inc provides digital transformation, performance media and data, consumer insights and strategy, and creativity and communications services. The company operates through three segments: Integrated Agencies Network, Brand Performance Network, and Communications Network. It designs and builds digital platforms and experiences that support the delivery of content, commerce, service, and sales; creates websites, mobile applications, back-end systems, content and data management systems, and other digital environments; designs and implements technology and data strategies; and develops software and related technology products, including artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled communications, research, and media technology, cookie-less data platforms for advance targeting and activation, software tools for e-commerce applications, specialty media solutions in the augmented reality space, and text messaging applications for consumer engagement.