HC Wainwright Brokers Lift Earnings Estimates for BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI) – Investment analysts at HC Wainwright raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BigBear.ai in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, November 11th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Buck now forecasts that the company will earn ($0.05) per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of ($0.06). HC Wainwright currently has a “Buy” rating and a $8.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for BigBear.ai’s current full-year earnings is ($0.28) per share. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for BigBear.ai’s FY2026 earnings at ($0.19) EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on BBAI. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of BigBear.ai in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $7.00 target price on shares of BigBear.ai in a research report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $6.33.

BigBear.ai Price Performance

BBAI stock traded down $0.86 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $6.31. 44,553,700 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 95,180,594. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $6.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $5.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 3.13. The stock has a market cap of $2.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.46 and a beta of 3.42. BigBear.ai has a fifty-two week low of $1.68 and a fifty-two week high of $10.36.

BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.06) by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $33.14 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $31.82 million. BigBear.ai had a negative net margin of 274.70% and a negative return on equity of 26.11%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.05) earnings per share. BigBear.ai has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BigBear.ai

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BBAI. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of BigBear.ai in the first quarter worth $26,000. CWM LLC boosted its position in BigBear.ai by 237.5% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 3,265 shares during the period. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. increased its holdings in BigBear.ai by 3,355.6% in the 3rd quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 4,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 4,832 shares in the last quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC raised its position in BigBear.ai by 2,216.0% in the first quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 11,080 shares during the period. Finally, Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of BigBear.ai during the first quarter worth about $34,000. 7.55% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at BigBear.ai

In other BigBear.ai news, CFO Sean Raymond Ricker sold 11,978 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.35, for a total transaction of $64,082.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 296,345 shares in the company, valued at $1,585,445.75. This represents a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

BigBear.ai Company Profile

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services.