William Blair Issues Positive Forecast for CBIZ Earnings

CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE:CBZ) – Investment analysts at William Blair raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for CBIZ in a report released on Thursday, November 21st. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.83 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.81. The consensus estimate for CBIZ’s current full-year earnings is $2.65 per share.

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.08. CBIZ had a return on equity of 15.12% and a net margin of 7.08%. The business had revenue of $438.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $440.16 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.66 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on CBZ. Sidoti raised CBIZ from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $80.00 to $86.00 in a research report on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com lowered shares of CBIZ from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th.

CBIZ Stock Performance

Shares of CBZ opened at $83.00 on Monday. CBIZ has a one year low of $57.01 and a one year high of $86.36. The company has a 50-day moving average of $70.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 1.49 and a quick ratio of 1.49. The stock has a market cap of $4.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.97 and a beta of 0.91.

Institutional Trading of CBIZ

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CBZ. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in CBIZ by 36.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,705,090 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $290,850,000 after buying an additional 986,774 shares during the last quarter. Comerica Bank lifted its holdings in shares of CBIZ by 17.8% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 3,719 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $292,000 after buying an additional 563 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in shares of CBIZ by 688.2% in the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,321 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $987,000 after acquiring an additional 11,631 shares during the period. Artemis Investment Management LLP grew its stake in shares of CBIZ by 23.9% in the second quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP now owns 270,780 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $20,065,000 after acquiring an additional 52,249 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in CBIZ by 1.2% during the second quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 16,235 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,203,000 after acquiring an additional 185 shares during the period. 87.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CBIZ Company Profile

CBIZ, Inc provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services.