Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.41-0.43 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.41. The company issued revenue guidance of $451-459 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $454.95 million. Zuora also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.410-0.430 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ZUO has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on shares of Zuora from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 29th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Zuora from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a research report on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a buy rating and set a $15.00 price objective on shares of Zuora in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on Zuora from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $11.67.

Zuora Trading Up 6.1 %

ZUO traded up $0.60 on Thursday, hitting $10.46. The company had a trading volume of 415,665 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,469,557. The company has a current ratio of 2.43, a quick ratio of 2.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.69. The firm has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.50 and a beta of 1.84. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $9.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $8.91. Zuora has a 1 year low of $7.05 and a 1 year high of $12.12.

Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 28th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.14) by $0.10. Zuora had a negative net margin of 15.80% and a negative return on equity of 46.38%. The firm had revenue of $110.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $110.80 million. As a group, equities analysts expect that Zuora will post -0.14 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Andrew M. Cohen sold 11,864 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.61, for a total value of $102,149.04. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 137,898 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,187,301.78. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, insider Andrew M. Cohen sold 11,864 shares of Zuora stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.61, for a total transaction of $102,149.04. Following the sale, the insider now owns 137,898 shares in the company, valued at $1,187,301.78. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Tien Tzuo sold 81,635 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.87, for a total value of $724,102.45. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 6,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $56,342.24. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 481,854 shares of company stock worth $4,393,048 in the last quarter. 8.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Zuora

Zuora, Inc provides a monetization suite for modern businesses to help companies launch and scale new services and operate dynamic customer-centric business models. The company offers Zuora Billing that allows customers to deploy various pricing and packaging strategies to monetize their recurring revenue streams, bill customers, calculate prorations when subscriptions change, and automate billing and payment operations; Zuora Revenue, a revenue recognition and automation solution that accounting teams use to manage their complex revenue streams; Zuora Payments to provide payment orchestration services for companies looking to operate globally; and Zephr, a digital subscriber experience platform that helps companies orchestrate dynamic experiences that increase conversion, reduce churn, and nurture ongoing subscriber relationships.