NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.780-2.880 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NICE traded down $24.91 during trading on Thursday, hitting $153.59. The company had a trading volume of 3,868,516 shares, compared to its average volume of 574,391. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $171.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $173.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.23 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 announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.96 by ($0.71). NICE had a return on equity of 15.31% and a net margin of 16.11%. As a group, analysts predict that NICE will post 8.82 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on NICE. Citigroup reduced their price target on NICE from $315.00 to $279.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $260.00 target price on shares of NICE in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a $200.00 target price (down previously from $215.00) on shares of NICE in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on NICE in a report on Friday, January 17th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $176.00 price target for the company. Finally, Oppenheimer lowered NICE from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $250.27.

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.