Telsey Advisory Group Predicts Honest FY2025 Earnings

The Honest Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:HNST) – Analysts at Telsey Advisory Group issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for Honest in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 27th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst D. Telsey anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.02 for the year. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $7.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Honest’s current full-year earnings is ($0.07) per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Honest’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.02 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Loop Capital cut shares of Honest from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $7.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. B. Riley raised their target price on shares of Honest from $6.50 to $7.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Alliance Global Partners raised their target price on shares of Honest from $5.75 to $8.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Northland Securities raised their target price on shares of Honest from $7.50 to $9.50 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $6.93.

Honest Trading Down 5.4 %

Shares of HNST stock opened at $5.11 on Monday. Honest has a 12-month low of $2.40 and a 12-month high of $8.97. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $6.24 and its 200 day moving average is $5.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $556.53 million, a P/E ratio of -127.75 and a beta of 2.43.

Honest (NASDAQ:HNST) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.01. Honest had a negative net margin of 1.13% and a negative return on equity of 3.26%. The company had revenue of $99.84 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $96.46 million.

Insider Transactions at Honest

In related news, Director Jessica Warren sold 465,000 shares of Honest stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.55, for a total transaction of $3,510,750.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,170,058 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,833,937.90. The trade was a 28.44 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 8.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Honest by 25.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,147,369 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,671,000 after buying an additional 1,052,305 shares in the last quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Honest by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC now owns 3,163,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,295,000 after buying an additional 191,547 shares in the last quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Honest by 589.7% during the 4th quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. now owns 2,397,636 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,616,000 after buying an additional 2,049,981 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Honest by 20.2% during the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 2,372,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,439,000 after buying an additional 398,603 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Honest by 103.5% during the 4th quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 2,046,868 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,185,000 after buying an additional 1,041,040 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.54% of the company’s stock.

About Honest

The Honest Company, Inc manufactures and sells diapers and wipes, skin and personal care, and household and wellness products. The company also offers baby clothing and nursery bedding products. It sells its products through digital and retail sales channels, such as its website and third-party ecommerce sites, as well as brick and mortar retailers.