Sezzle Inc (SEZL) looking to reclaim success with recent performance

With 1.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.96 million shares. During the session, the Credit Services company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $34.6 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $29.41. The 52-week range on SEZL shows that it touched its highest point at $79.59 and its lowest point at $6.73 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $61.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 6.68.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SEZL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -16.29%, but this was down by -10.58% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -33.88% while six-month performance rose 17.49%. The stock gained 168.57% in the past year, while it has lost -28.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SEZL yields 2.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.90. For the next quarter, that number is 0.32. This implies an EPS growth rate of 19.85% for this year and 31.42% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 33.74 million SEZL shares are outstanding with a float of 16.50 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 2.66 million, which was 787.0000000000001 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Charles G. Youakim as the firm’s Co-Founder, Executive Chairman & CEO, Mr. Paul Victor Paradis serves as its Co-Founder, President & Executive Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.22846001 of SEZL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, SEZL reported revenue of $98223060.0 and operating income of $30870358.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $31428175.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SEZL since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SEZL analysts setting a high price target of 62.83333 and a low target of 60.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 61.41666. Based on these targets, SEZL could surge 106.55% to reach the target high and rise by 97.24% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 101.9% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.6514 being high and $1.60524 being low. For SEZL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.62833. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.43 and the low estimate is $0.37. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.4.