NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.780-2.880 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $200.00 target price (down previously from $215.00) on shares of NICE in a report on Thursday, December 19th. DA Davidson lowered their price objective on shares of NICE from $300.00 to $225.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com cut shares of NICE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $260.00 price target on shares of NICE in a report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of NICE from $315.00 to $279.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $250.27.

NICE Stock Performance

NASDAQ NICE traded down $24.91 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $153.59. 3,868,516 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 574,391. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.66 billion, a PE ratio of 23.78, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.06. NICE has a 1-year low of $147.38 and a 1-year high of $270.73. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $171.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $173.14.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share 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%. On average, analysts anticipate that NICE will post 8.82 EPS for the current 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.