William Blair Issues Negative Forecast for SITE Earnings

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (NYSE:SITE) – Equities research analysts at William Blair lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for SiteOne Landscape Supply in a report released on Wednesday, February 12th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.41 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.42. The consensus estimate for SiteOne Landscape Supply’s current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for SiteOne Landscape Supply’s FY2025 earnings at $3.89 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.69 EPS.

SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported ($0.48) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.26) by ($0.22). SiteOne Landscape Supply had a net margin of 3.16% and a return on equity of 9.21%.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. StockNews.com cut SiteOne Landscape Supply from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply from $183.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $145.00 to $175.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply from $114.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $140.00 target price (down from $145.00) on shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply in a research report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, SiteOne Landscape Supply currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $154.56.

SiteOne Landscape Supply Stock Up 3.1 %

Shares of NYSE:SITE opened at $141.19 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.37 billion, a PE ratio of 45.69 and a beta of 1.57. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $138.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $141.45. SiteOne Landscape Supply has a 1 year low of $114.60 and a 1 year high of $188.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 1.16.

Institutional Trading of SiteOne Landscape Supply

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 631,328 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $83,190,000 after purchasing an additional 27,409 shares during the last quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co lifted its position in shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 9,940 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,307,000 after buying an additional 547 shares during the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board lifted its position in shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply by 4,720.0% during the fourth quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 24,100 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,176,000 after buying an additional 23,600 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply in the 4th quarter valued at about $447,000. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP grew its position in shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply by 9.7% in the 4th quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 1,731,098 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $228,107,000 after buying an additional 153,447 shares during the last quarter.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Joseph Ketter sold 6,500 shares of SiteOne Landscape Supply stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.20, for a total transaction of $924,300.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 12,942 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,840,352.40. This trade represents a 33.43 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 2.70% of the company’s stock.

About SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of landscape supplies in the United States and Canada. The company provides irrigation products, including controllers, valves, sprinkler heads, irrigation pipes, micro irrigation, and drip products; fertilizer, grass seed, and ice melt products; control products, such as herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and other pesticides; landscape accessories that include mulches, soil amendments, drainage pipes, tools, and sods; nursery goods, which consist of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ornamental, shade, evergreen trees, field grown and container-grown nursery stock, roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and plant species and cultivars; hardscapes, such as pavers, natural stones, blocks, and other durable materials; and outdoor lighting products that include lighting fixtures, LED lamps, wires, transformers, and accessories.