B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 8.980-9.160 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $960.2 million-$971.7 million. B. Riley Financial also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.960-2.140 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on RILY shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of B. Riley Financial in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of B. Riley Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Sell”.

B. Riley Financial Stock Down 9.1%

Shares of B. Riley Financial stock opened at $8.36 on Friday. B. Riley Financial has a 52 week low of $2.67 and a 52 week high of $10.97. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $5.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $255.82 million, a P/E ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.24.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On B. Riley Financial

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Soviero Asset Management LP acquired a new position in shares of B. Riley Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,211,000. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in B. Riley Financial by 551.3% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 169,977 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $1,016,000 after purchasing an additional 143,877 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in B. Riley Financial by 51.3% in the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 367,984 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $2,199,000 after purchasing an additional 124,762 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in shares of B. Riley Financial by 78.0% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 179,960 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $534,000 after buying an additional 78,847 shares during the last quarter. Finally, B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of B. Riley Financial in the second quarter valued at about $154,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 50.20% of the company’s stock.

B. Riley Financial Company Profile

B. Riley Financial, Inc, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is a diversified financial services company offering a broad range of advisory and investment solutions to individual, corporate and institutional clients. Since its founding in 1997 by Bryant E. Riley, the firm has expanded its capabilities across two primary segments: financial solutions and operations solutions. Its financial solutions segment provides investment banking services, equity research, merger and acquisition advisory, corporate finance, restructuring advisory and private capital solutions.

In addition to traditional investment banking, B.