What is B. Riley’s Forecast for MARA Q1 Earnings?

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of MARA in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles expects that the business services provider will earn ($0.11) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MARA’s current full-year earnings is ($1.04) per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for MARA’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.14) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.56) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.62) EPS.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of MARA from $23.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 13th. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and set a $28.00 price target on shares of MARA in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Rosenblatt Securities began coverage on shares of MARA in a report on Friday, March 7th. They set a “buy” rating and a $19.00 price target on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of MARA in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of MARA from $34.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, MARA has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $22.80.

MARA Stock Up 5.1 %

NASDAQ:MARA opened at $14.05 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a PE ratio of 17.78 and a beta of 6.10. MARA has a twelve month low of $9.81 and a twelve month high of $30.28. The company has a current ratio of 4.00, a quick ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company’s 50 day moving average is $12.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.42.

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The business services provider reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.32) by $1.56. The firm had revenue of $214.39 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $187.11 million. MARA had a net margin of 27.48% and a negative return on equity of 8.40%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MARA news, CEO Frederick G. Thiel sold 27,505 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.68, for a total value of $458,783.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 3,910,843 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $65,232,861.24. This represents a 0.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Salman Hassan Khan sold 16,700 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.31, for a total value of $255,677.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 1,773,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,156,694.28. The trade was a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of MARA

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in MARA. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of MARA during the fourth quarter valued at $46,413,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in MARA by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,782,941 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $650,390,000 after buying an additional 2,706,271 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in MARA by 192.4% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,897,200 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,817,000 after buying an additional 1,248,292 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in MARA by 44.3% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 4,039,871 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $67,749,000 after buying an additional 1,240,354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio acquired a new stake in MARA in the 4th quarter worth about $13,416,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 44.53% of the company’s stock.

About MARA

MARA Holdings, Inc operates as a digital asset technology company that mines digital assets with a focus on the bitcoin ecosystem in United States. The company was formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc and changed its name to MARA Holdings, Inc in August 2024. MARA Holdings, Inc was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.