Sidoti Csr Has Pessimistic Outlook of ePlus FY2025 Earnings

ePlus inc. (NASDAQ:PLUS - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Sidoti Csr reduced their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of ePlus in a research report issued on Monday, February 3rd. Sidoti Csr analyst G. Burns now anticipates that the software maker will post earnings of $4.15 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $4.43. The consensus estimate for ePlus' current full-year earnings is $4.26 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for ePlus' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.25 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of ePlus from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th.

ePlus Stock Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:PLUS traded up $0.05 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $70.48. The stock had a trading volume of 237,770 shares, compared to its average volume of 207,205. The stock has a market cap of $1.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.98, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.10. The business's 50 day moving average is $77.41 and its 200 day moving average is $86.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.71. ePlus has a fifty-two week low of $67.72 and a fifty-two week high of $106.98.

ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The software maker reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.28 by ($0.37). ePlus had a return on equity of 11.23% and a net margin of 4.93%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PLUS. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its position in ePlus by 19.8% during the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,387,899 shares of the software maker's stock worth $136,486,000 after purchasing an additional 229,837 shares during the period. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of ePlus by 70.9% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,117,812 shares of the software maker's stock worth $109,926,000 after buying an additional 463,621 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in ePlus by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,021,341 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $100,439,000 after buying an additional 6,241 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in ePlus by 20.4% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 968,998 shares of the software maker's stock worth $95,291,000 after acquiring an additional 164,016 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in ePlus by 16.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 731,909 shares of the software maker's stock worth $71,987,000 after acquiring an additional 105,526 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.80% of the company's stock.

ePlus Company Profile

ePlus inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) solutions that enable organizations to optimize their IT environment and supply chain processes in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Technology and Financing. The Technology segment offers hardware, perpetual and subscription software, maintenance, software assurance, and internally provided and outsourced services; managed services or infrastructure and cloud; and enhanced maintenance support, service desk, storage-as-a-service, cloud hosted and managed, and managed security services; and professional, staff augmentation, cloud consulting, consulting, and security services.