What is Roth Capital’s Forecast for Polaris Q1 Earnings?

Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Polaris in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 28th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.95) for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.02. The consensus estimate for Polaris’ current full-year earnings is $1.14 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Polaris’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.85 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.93 EPS.

Polaris (NYSE:PII) last released 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%.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on PII. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Polaris from $84.00 to $72.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 30th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $60.00 price target (down previously from $81.00) on shares of Polaris in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. KeyCorp lowered shares of Polaris from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price 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. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Polaris from $65.00 to $54.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $67.82.

Polaris Stock Performance

Shares of PII opened at $47.68 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. The stock has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.33, a P/E/G ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 1.53. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $59.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $71.91. Polaris has a 52 week low of $47.53 and a 52 week high of $100.91.

Polaris Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.62%. This is an increase from Polaris’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. Polaris’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 134.69%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Polaris

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PII. Sei Investments Co. increased its holdings in shares of Polaris by 31.0% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 3,601 shares of the company’s stock worth $282,000 after purchasing an additional 853 shares during the last quarter. Algert Global LLC bought a new stake in Polaris in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $423,000. Creative Planning increased its stake in Polaris by 8.0% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 61,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,825,000 after acquiring an additional 4,561 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of Polaris by 34.1% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 7,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $561,000 after acquiring an additional 1,822 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Polaris during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $579,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.06% of the company’s stock.

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.