What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Forecast for GoDaddy Q1 Earnings?

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of GoDaddy in a note issued to investors on Friday, February 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.35 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.47. The consensus estimate for GoDaddy’s current full-year earnings is $4.96 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for GoDaddy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.64 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.46 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. B. Riley lifted their price target on shares of GoDaddy from $220.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price target (up previously from $190.00) on shares of GoDaddy in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of GoDaddy from $224.00 to $231.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of GoDaddy from $240.00 to $251.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of GoDaddy from $227.00 to $228.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $213.20.

GoDaddy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GDDY opened at $180.93 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.98 and a beta of 1.15. GoDaddy has a 12 month low of $108.02 and a 12 month high of $216.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $203.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $180.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.61, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The technology company reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $1.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.18 billion. GoDaddy had a return on equity of 267.29% and a net margin of 41.74%.

Insider Buying and Selling at GoDaddy

In other news, CAO Phontip Palitwanon sold 770 shares of GoDaddy stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.64, for a total transaction of $151,412.80. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 23,059 shares in the company, valued at $4,534,321.76. The trade was a 3.23 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Brian Sharples sold 500 shares of GoDaddy stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $197.77, for a total value of $98,885.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 23,621 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,671,525.17. This represents a 2.07 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 23,482 shares of company stock worth $4,709,650. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of GoDaddy by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,892,134 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,080,549,000 after acquiring an additional 147,105 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of GoDaddy by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,808,975 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $751,778,000 after purchasing an additional 395,160 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of GoDaddy by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,514,432 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $692,245,000 after purchasing an additional 90,810 shares during the last quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of GoDaddy by 7,083.4% during the 4th quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 3,404,066 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $678,941,000 after purchasing an additional 3,356,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of GoDaddy by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,913,930 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $575,122,000 after purchasing an additional 304,033 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.28% of the company’s stock.

About GoDaddy

GoDaddy Inc engages in the design and development of cloud-based products in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Applications and Commerce, and Core Platform. The Applications and Commerce segment provides applications products, including Websites + Marketing, a mobile-optimized online tool that enables customers to build websites and e-commerce enabled online stores; and Managed WordPress, a streamlined and optimized website building that allows customers to easily build and manage a faster WordPress site; Managed WooCommerce Stores to sell anything and anywhere online; and marketing tools and services, such as GoDaddy Studio mobile application, search engine optimization, Meta and Google My Business, and email and social media marketing designed to help businesses acquire and engage customers and create content.