ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.830-1.890 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.890. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.0 billion-$2.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.1 billion. ExlService also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.830-1.890 EPS.

ExlService Stock Up 3.7 %

EXLS traded up $1.81 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $50.51. 811,209 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 996,423. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 3.02 and a quick ratio of 3.02. The company has a market cap of $8.13 billion, a PE ratio of 44.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.03. ExlService has a one year low of $28.16 and a one year high of $52.43. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $47.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $43.02.

ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.08). ExlService had a net margin of 10.61% and a return on equity of 23.23%. The company had revenue of $481.43 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $475.68 million. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that ExlService will post 1.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently weighed in on EXLS shares. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on ExlService from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. StockNews.com raised ExlService from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 2nd. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of ExlService from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of ExlService from $47.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, ExlService currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $45.00.

Insider Activity

In other ExlService news, EVP Ajay Ayyappan sold 4,989 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.70, for a total value of $252,942.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 40,986 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,077,990.20. This represents a 10.85 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Maurizio Nicolelli sold 13,753 shares of ExlService stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.14, for a total transaction of $675,822.42. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 194,440 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,554,781.60. This represents a 6.61 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 34,928 shares of company stock worth $1,762,344. Insiders own 4.16% of the company’s stock.

About ExlService

ExlService Holdings, Inc operates as a data analytics, and digital operations and solutions company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Insurance, Healthcare, Analytics, and Emerging Business segments. It also provides digital operations and solutions and analytics-driven services, such as claims processing, premium and benefit administration, agency management, account reconciliation, policy research, underwriting support, new business acquisition, policy servicing, premium audit, surveys, billing and collection, commercial and residential survey, and customer service using digital technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced automation; digital customer acquisition services using a software-as-a-service delivery model through LifePRO and LISS platforms; subrogation services; and Subrosource software platform, an end-to-end subrogation platform.