Barrington Research Lowers Earnings Estimates for Sirius XM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) – Stock analysts at Barrington Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sirius XM in a report released on Friday, January 31st. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now expects that the company will earn $0.69 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.80. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $30.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sirius XM’s current full-year earnings is $2.98 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Sirius XM’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.07 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.06 EPS.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.20. Sirius XM had a negative net margin of 24.03% and a positive return on equity of 13.44%.

SIRI has been the subject of a number of other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Sirius XM from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Rosenblatt Securities cut their target price on shares of Sirius XM from $29.00 to $24.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and set a $23.00 price target on shares of Sirius XM in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Seaport Res Ptn lowered Sirius XM from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Guggenheim reduced their target price on Sirius XM from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $26.96.

Sirius XM Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of SIRI stock opened at $24.62 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $23.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -3.84, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.06. Sirius XM has a 1 year low of $20.47 and a 1 year high of $51.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sirius XM

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SIRI. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new position in Sirius XM in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Wealthspire Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Sirius XM by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 15,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,000 after purchasing an additional 643 shares during the period. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Sirius XM in the 4th quarter worth $240,000. Hardy Reed LLC bought a new stake in Sirius XM during the 4th quarter valued at $355,000. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB raised its holdings in Sirius XM by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 53,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,210,000 after buying an additional 3,608 shares during the last quarter. 10.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Sirius XM Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. Sirius XM’s dividend payout ratio is presently -16.85%.

About Sirius XM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc operates as an audio entertainment company in North America. It operates in two segments, Sirius XM, and Pandora and Off-platform. The company’s Sirius XM segment provides music, sports, entertainment, comedy, talk, news, traffic and weather channels, and other content, as well as podcast and infotainment services on subscription fee basis; and live, curated, and exclusive and on demand programming services through satellite radio systems and streamed through applications for mobile and home devices, and other consumer electronic equipment.