Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.900-4.400 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.390. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.5 billion-$4.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.5 billion. Upbound Group also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.900-1.000 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on UPBD. Loop Capital lowered their price objective on Upbound Group from $36.00 to $33.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Stephens assumed coverage on shares of Upbound Group in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $38.00 price target on the stock. Finally, TD Cowen raised Upbound Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.17.

Upbound Group Trading Down 2.2 %

NASDAQ:UPBD opened at $29.11 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 3.66. Upbound Group has a 1 year low of $26.50 and a 1 year high of $38.72. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $29.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.08 and a beta of 2.05.

Upbound Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.36%. This is a boost from Upbound Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th. Upbound Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 107.59%.

Insider Activity at Upbound Group

In other Upbound Group news, Director Jeffrey J. Brown acquired 1,146 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $29.01 per share, for a total transaction of $33,245.46. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 86,380 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,505,883.80. This trade represents a 1.34 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Upbound Group Company Profile

Upbound Group, Inc leases household durable goods to customers on a lease-to-own basis in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Rent-A-Center, Acima, Mexico, and Franchising. The company's brands, such as Rent-A-Center and Acima that facilitate consumer transactions across a range of store-based and virtual channels.