William Blair Issues Optimistic Estimate for CBIZ Earnings

CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE:CBZ) – Analysts at William Blair lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CBIZ in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, November 21st. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will earn $0.83 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.81. The consensus estimate for CBIZ’s current full-year earnings is $2.65 per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on CBZ. Sidoti raised shares of CBIZ from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $80.00 to $86.00 in a research note on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com lowered CBIZ from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th.

CBIZ Trading Up 1.6 %

CBIZ stock opened at $82.10 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 1.49 and a quick ratio of 1.49. The stock has a market cap of $4.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.79 and a beta of 0.91. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $70.28 and its 200-day moving average price is $73.11. CBIZ has a 1 year low of $57.01 and a 1 year high of $86.36.

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $438.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $440.16 million. CBIZ had a net margin of 7.08% and a return on equity of 15.12%. CBIZ’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.66 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CBIZ

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in CBIZ by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 14,960 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,109,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of CBIZ by 1.2% during the second quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 16,235 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,203,000 after purchasing an additional 185 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC increased its holdings in CBIZ by 4.2% during the second quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 4,757 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $352,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in CBIZ by 16.1% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,796 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $121,000 after buying an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arizona State Retirement System lifted its holdings in CBIZ by 2.2% during the second quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 12,603 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $934,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.44% of the company’s stock.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services.