Zacks Research Weighs in on NIKE, Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:NKE)

NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for NIKE in a research report issued on Friday, April 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Lohia now forecasts that the footwear maker will post earnings of $0.88 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.89. The consensus estimate for NIKE’s current full-year earnings is $3.73 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NIKE’s FY2025 earnings at $3.81 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.41 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Oppenheimer cut shares of NIKE from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $110.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, February 16th. TheStreet cut shares of NIKE from a “b” rating to a “c+” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of NIKE from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their target price on shares of NIKE from $134.00 to $120.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 22nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of NIKE from $135.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and twenty have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $116.26.

NIKE Price Performance

Shares of NKE opened at $94.04 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $97.63 and a 200 day moving average price of $103.44. NIKE has a 1-year low of $88.66 and a 1-year high of $128.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 2.74 and a quick ratio of 1.89. The stock has a market cap of $141.94 billion, a PE ratio of 27.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.09.

NIKE (NYSE:NKE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 21st. The footwear maker reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.29. NIKE had a net margin of 10.14% and a return on equity of 39.41%. The firm had revenue of $12.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.28 billion.

NIKE Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 1st. Investors of record on Monday, March 4th were paid a dividend of $0.37 per share. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 1st. NIKE’s payout ratio is 43.53%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NIKE

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NKE. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of NIKE during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,315,097,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of NIKE by 87.5% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,135,431 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $1,860,395,000 after buying an additional 7,996,434 shares during the period. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in shares of NIKE by 34.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 27,609,613 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $2,997,628,000 after buying an additional 7,143,775 shares during the period. Newport Trust Company LLC purchased a new position in NIKE during the third quarter worth approximately $679,775,000. Finally, Flossbach Von Storch AG raised its stake in NIKE by 433.5% during the third quarter. Flossbach Von Storch AG now owns 4,128,587 shares of the footwear maker’s stock worth $394,775,000 after purchasing an additional 3,354,677 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.25% of the company’s stock.

NIKE Company Profile

NIKE, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company provides athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories under the Jumpman trademark; and casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks.