William Blair Has Pessimistic View of Powerfleet Q4 Earnings

Powerfleet, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIOT) – Analysts at William Blair cut their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Powerfleet in a research report issued on Saturday, March 1st. William Blair analyst D. Becker now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.01 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.06. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Powerfleet’s current full-year earnings is ($0.32) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Powerfleet’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.36 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Lake Street Capital raised their price objective on Powerfleet from $7.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $15.00 price objective on shares of Powerfleet in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Northland Securities lifted their price target on Powerfleet from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th.

Powerfleet Stock Performance

Shares of AIOT stock opened at $6.39 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $6.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.21. Powerfleet has a fifty-two week low of $2.88 and a fifty-two week high of $8.71.

Powerfleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The company reported ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by ($0.13).

Institutional Trading of Powerfleet

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AIOT. Kopion Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the 4th quarter valued at about $7,361,000. Yarbrough Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the 4th quarter valued at about $372,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the 4th quarter valued at about $50,000. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the 4th quarter valued at about $228,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the 4th quarter valued at about $398,000. 73.40% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Powerfleet

In other news, insider Catherine J. Lewis sold 82,010 shares of Powerfleet stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.05, for a total transaction of $578,170.50. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 240,962 shares in the company, valued at $1,698,782.10. The trade was a 25.39 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 7.79% of the company’s stock.

Powerfleet Company Profile

PowerFleet, Inc engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets.