NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Zacks Research

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) was upgraded by research analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report released on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on NIQ. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on NIQ Global Intelligence from $14.00 to $15.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. BMO Capital Markets set a $16.00 price target on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from $13.00 to $16.50 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from $20.00 to $14.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.61.

NIQ Global Intelligence Stock Up 3.7%

Shares of NYSE NIQ opened at $18.82 on Thursday. NIQ Global Intelligence has a 1 year low of $7.93 and a 1 year high of $18.88. The firm has a market cap of $5.55 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.01, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.09. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $11.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $11.04.

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.07. NIQ Global Intelligence had a positive return on equity of 14.84% and a negative net margin of 8.01%.The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. NIQ Global Intelligence has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.080-1.120 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.220-0.240 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NIQ Global Intelligence will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 28,734 shares of the company’s stock worth $327,000 after acquiring an additional 948 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in NIQ Global Intelligence by 9.0% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 21,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $361,000 after purchasing an additional 1,815 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its stake in NIQ Global Intelligence by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 401,952 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,628,000 after purchasing an additional 1,952 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG bought a new position in NIQ Global Intelligence during the fourth quarter worth $38,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new position in NIQ Global Intelligence in the third quarter worth $44,000.

About NIQ Global Intelligence

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests into public fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies that are operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in municipal securities that are exempt from federal income taxes, and seeks to maintain a portfolio with an intermediate effective duration of between 3 and 10 years, including the effects of leverage.