What is William Blair’s Forecast for Symbotic Q1 Earnings?

Symbotic Inc. (NASDAQ:SYM) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Symbotic in a report issued on Tuesday, November 19th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.00 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Symbotic’s current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Symbotic’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.01 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS.

SYM has been the subject of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Symbotic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Craig Hallum decreased their price objective on Symbotic from $54.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on Symbotic from $40.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on Symbotic from $53.00 to $41.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Symbotic from $58.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.31.

Symbotic Stock Performance

NASDAQ SYM opened at $38.79 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $28.43 and a 200-day moving average price of $31.13. Symbotic has a one year low of $17.11 and a one year high of $59.82. The company has a market capitalization of $22.71 billion, a P/E ratio of -646.42 and a beta of 1.81.

Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 18th. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.05. Symbotic had a positive return on equity of 6.54% and a negative net margin of 0.32%. The company had revenue of $576.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $470.24 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.08) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 47.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Symbotic

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Barclays PLC boosted its position in Symbotic by 1,105.9% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 9,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after acquiring an additional 8,571 shares in the last quarter. TCW Group Inc. boosted its position in Symbotic by 0.8% during the third quarter. TCW Group Inc. now owns 384,274 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,372,000 after purchasing an additional 3,075 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in Symbotic by 161.6% during the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 13,330 shares of the company’s stock valued at $325,000 after purchasing an additional 8,235 shares in the last quarter. First Dallas Securities Inc. grew its stake in Symbotic by 61.2% in the third quarter. First Dallas Securities Inc. now owns 32,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $790,000 after purchasing an additional 12,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Symbotic by 10.2% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 503,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,290,000 after buying an additional 46,721 shares during the last quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Todd Krasnow sold 2,000 shares of Symbotic stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.75, for a total value of $37,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 214,036 shares in the company, valued at $4,013,175. The trade was a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Carol J. Hibbard sold 22,821 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.96, for a total transaction of $660,896.16. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 34,188 shares in the company, valued at approximately $990,084.48. The trade was a 40.03 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 49,878 shares of company stock worth $1,378,056 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 38.30% of the company’s stock.

Symbotic Company Profile

Symbotic Inc, an automation technology company, engages in developing technologies to improve operating efficiencies in modern warehouses. The company automates the processing of pallets and cases in large warehouses or distribution centers for retail companies. Its systems enhance operations at the front end of the supply chain.