Q1 Earnings Estimate for NICE Issued By DA Davidson

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for NICE in a report released on Friday, February 21st. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria expects that the technology company will post earnings of $2.24 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $225.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NICE’s current full-year earnings is $9.85 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NICE’s FY2025 earnings at $9.79 EPS.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.96 by ($0.71). The business had revenue of $721.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $718.47 million. NICE had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 16.18%.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on NICE. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of NICE from $286.00 to $226.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on shares of NICE from $225.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 21st. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of NICE from $279.00 to $228.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of NICE from $260.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating on shares of NICE in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NICE has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $231.64.

NICE Stock Performance

NICE stock opened at $151.56 on Monday. NICE has a 1 year low of $147.38 and a 1 year high of $270.73. The firm has a market cap of $9.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $168.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $172.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of NICE. Creative Planning lifted its position in NICE by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 7,608 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,321,000 after acquiring an additional 217 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in NICE by 19.2% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,016 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $175,000 after acquiring an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in NICE by 48.9% during the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 277 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in NICE by 52.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $318,000 after acquiring an additional 627 shares during the last quarter. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NICE during the 3rd quarter worth about $3,348,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 63.34% of the company’s stock.

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.