Sidoti Csr Has Pessimistic Outlook of ePlus FY2025 Earnings

ePlus inc. (NASDAQ:PLUS) – Equities researchers at Sidoti Csr lowered their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for 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 prior estimate of $4.43. The consensus estimate for ePlus’ current full-year earnings is $4.39 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 lowered shares of ePlus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th.

ePlus Stock Up 0.9 %

PLUS stock opened at $80.93 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion, a PE ratio of 20.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a quick ratio of 1.71, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. ePlus has a twelve month low of $56.33 and a twelve month high of $106.98. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $77.83 and its 200-day moving average is $87.00.

ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The software maker reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by ($0.37). ePlus had a net margin of 5.08% and a return on equity of 11.83%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ePlus

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of ePlus by 70.9% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,117,812 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $109,926,000 after buying an additional 463,621 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in ePlus by 19.8% during the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,387,899 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $136,486,000 after purchasing an additional 229,837 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in ePlus by 20.4% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 968,998 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $95,291,000 after purchasing an additional 164,016 shares during the period. Swedbank AB purchased a new stake in shares of ePlus during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $11,082,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in ePlus by 16.8% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 731,909 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $71,987,000 after buying an additional 105,526 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.