Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP – Free Report) – Equities research analysts at William Blair lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Simulations Plus in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst M. Smock now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $0.34 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.32. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Simulations Plus’ current full-year earnings is $1.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Simulations Plus’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS.
A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Stephens started coverage on Simulations Plus in a report on Friday, November 15th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $39.00 price target for the company. BTIG Research lowered their price objective on shares of Simulations Plus from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. StockNews.com cut shares of Simulations Plus from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, KeyCorp reduced their price objective on Simulations Plus from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $49.00.
Simulations Plus Trading Up 0.1 %
Shares of SLP stock opened at $28.25 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $29.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.82. The company has a market capitalization of $567.40 million, a PE ratio of 57.65 and a beta of 0.80. Simulations Plus has a twelve month low of $24.00 and a twelve month high of $51.22.
Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The technology company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $18.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.73 million. Simulations Plus had a return on equity of 6.16% and a net margin of 14.15%. Simulations Plus’s quarterly revenue was up 19.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.18 EPS.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Simulations Plus
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Simulations Plus by 106.0% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 47,365 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,517,000 after acquiring an additional 24,371 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Simulations Plus by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 87,273 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,794,000 after purchasing an additional 2,226 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in Simulations Plus by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 10,797 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $342,000 after buying an additional 766 shares during the period. Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Simulations Plus by 390.6% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 28,473 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $911,000 after buying an additional 22,669 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Simulations Plus by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 448,618 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $14,367,000 after acquiring an additional 18,924 shares in the last quarter. 78.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Activity at Simulations Plus
In other news, Director Walter S. Woltosz sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.76, for a total value of $635,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 3,442,584 shares in the company, valued at $109,336,467.84. This represents a 0.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 19.40% of the company’s stock.
About Simulations Plus
Simulations Plus, Inc develops drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and prediction of molecular properties utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning based technology worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Software and Services. It offers GastroPlus, which simulates the absorption and drug interaction of compounds administered to humans and animals; and DDDPlus and MembranePlus simulation products.
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