Roth Capital Has Negative Forecast for Polaris Q1 Earnings

Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) – Analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Polaris in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 28th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now expects that the company will earn ($0.95) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.02. The consensus estimate for Polaris’ current full-year earnings is $1.14 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Polaris’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.85 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.93 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on shares of Polaris from $69.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Polaris from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on shares of Polaris from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Polaris from $57.00 to $53.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, KeyCorp lowered Polaris from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Polaris currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $67.82.

Polaris Stock Performance

PII opened at $48.95 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. The firm has a market cap of $2.73 billion, a PE ratio of 24.97, a P/E/G ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 1.53. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $72.14. Polaris has a fifty-two week low of $48.44 and a fifty-two week high of $100.91.

Polaris (NYSE:PII) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.03. Polaris had a return on equity of 13.78% and a net margin of 1.54%.

Institutional Trading of Polaris

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its position in shares of Polaris by 19.9% during the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $92,000 after buying an additional 183 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in Polaris by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 28,811 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,676,000 after acquiring an additional 183 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP increased its holdings in Polaris by 187.4% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Polaris by 3.3% in the third quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 7,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $656,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of Polaris by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 3,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,000 after buying an additional 263 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.06% of the company’s stock.

Polaris Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.48%. This is a positive change from Polaris’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. Polaris’s payout ratio is currently 134.69%.

Polaris Company Profile

Polaris Inc designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets powersports vehicles in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Off-Road, On-Road, and Marine. The company offers off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles; military and commercial ORVs; snowmobiles; motorcycles; and moto-roadsters, quadricycles, and boats.