ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.08 EPS

ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.08), Zacks reports. ExlService had a return on equity of 23.23% and a net margin of 10.61%. ExlService updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.830-1.890 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 1.830-1.890 EPS.

ExlService Stock Performance

Shares of ExlService stock opened at $48.70 on Wednesday. ExlService has a 52 week low of $28.16 and a 52 week high of $52.43. The company has a market capitalization of $7.83 billion, a PE ratio of 42.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $47.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.02. The company has a quick ratio of 3.02, a current ratio of 3.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EXLS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on ExlService from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of ExlService from $47.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on shares of ExlService from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of ExlService from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $45.00.

Insider Activity

In other ExlService news, CFO Maurizio Nicolelli sold 13,753 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.14, for a total transaction of $675,822.42. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 194,440 shares in the company, valued at $9,554,781.60. This represents a 6.61 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay Ayyappan sold 4,989 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.70, for a total value of $252,942.30. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 40,986 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,077,990.20. The trade was a 10.85 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 34,928 shares of company stock valued at $1,762,344. 4.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

ExlService Company Profile

ExlService Holdings, Inc operates as a data analytics, and digital operations and solutions company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Insurance, Healthcare, Analytics, and Emerging Business segments. It also provides digital operations and solutions and analytics-driven services, such as claims processing, premium and benefit administration, agency management, account reconciliation, policy research, underwriting support, new business acquisition, policy servicing, premium audit, surveys, billing and collection, commercial and residential survey, and customer service using digital technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced automation; digital customer acquisition services using a software-as-a-service delivery model through LifePRO and LISS platforms; subrogation services; and Subrosource software platform, an end-to-end subrogation platform.