Roth Capital Has Bullish Forecast for Polaris Q1 Earnings

Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital lifted their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Polaris in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 28th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.38 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.32. The consensus estimate for Polaris’ current full-year earnings is $1.14 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Polaris’ Q2 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS.

Polaris (NYSE:PII) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $0.92 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.03. Polaris had a return on equity of 13.78% and a net margin of 1.54%.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Polaris from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Polaris from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. DA Davidson decreased their target price on shares of Polaris from $69.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Roth Mkm cut their price objective on shares of Polaris from $76.00 to $57.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on Polaris from $65.00 to $54.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $67.82.

Polaris Stock Down 2.8 %

NYSE:PII opened at $47.68 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.33, a PEG ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 1.53. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $59.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $71.91. Polaris has a 1-year low of $47.53 and a 1-year high of $100.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.32.

Institutional Trading of Polaris

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Polaris by 14.7% in the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 7,504 shares of the company’s stock valued at $432,000 after purchasing an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D increased its stake in shares of Polaris by 39.6% in the 4th quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 31,883 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,837,000 after acquiring an additional 9,047 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers boosted its position in shares of Polaris by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 143,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,271,000 after acquiring an additional 391 shares during the last quarter. Consolidated Planning Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Polaris in the fourth quarter valued at about $235,000. Finally, Hidden Cove Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Polaris during the fourth quarter worth about $432,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.06% of the company’s stock.

Polaris Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a $0.67 dividend. This is an increase from Polaris’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.62%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. Polaris’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 134.69%.

About Polaris

Polaris Inc designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets powersports vehicles in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Off-Road, On-Road, and Marine. The company offers off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles; military and commercial ORVs; snowmobiles; motorcycles; and moto-roadsters, quadricycles, and boats.