NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.780-2.880 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $693.0 million-$703.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $725.5 million. NICE also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 12.130-12.330 EPS.

NICE Trading Up 1.2 %

NASDAQ:NICE opened at $155.39 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $170.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $172.91. The stock has a market cap of $9.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.06. NICE has a 12 month low of $147.38 and a 12 month high of $270.73.

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.96 by ($0.71). The firm had revenue of $721.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $718.47 million. NICE had a net margin of 16.18% and a return on equity of 16.17%. Equities analysts forecast that NICE will post 9.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NICE has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on NICE from $260.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. StockNews.com lowered NICE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 17th. Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price objective on shares of NICE from $176.00 to $161.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on shares of NICE from $225.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Finally, DA Davidson dropped their target price on shares of NICE from $300.00 to $225.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $239.60.

NICE Company Profile

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing.