Cantor Fitzgerald Issues Optimistic Estimate for Q2 Earnings

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO) – Research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Q2 in a research report issued on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Vanvliet now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $0.80 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.74. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $110.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Q2’s current full-year earnings is $0.67 per share. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued estimates for Q2’s FY2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS.

Several other research firms have also commented on QTWO. Raymond James Financial reduced their price target on Q2 from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Compass Point reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $60.00 target price on shares of Q2 in a report on Monday, April 7th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Q2 from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Q2 from $89.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Q2 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, June 8th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $101.06.

Q2 Trading Down 5.8%

Shares of Q2 stock opened at $76.52 on Friday. Q2 has a 12 month low of $61.51 and a 12 month high of $112.82. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $89.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $86.18. The firm has a market cap of $4.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,530.71 and a beta of 1.47.

Institutional Trading of Q2

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of QTWO. Dakota Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Q2 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Dakota Wealth Management now owns 3,350 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $314,000 after acquiring an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG grew its holdings in shares of Q2 by 1.1% in the first quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 16,687 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,335,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the period. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. increased its position in Q2 by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 6,156 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $620,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Q2 by 35.0% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 849 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the period. Finally, Xponance Inc. raised its stake in Q2 by 5.1% during the first quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 4,576 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $366,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the period.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, General Counsel Michael S. Kerr sold 397 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.90, for a total value of $36,881.30. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 58,441 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,429,168.90. This trade represents a 0.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director James Offerdahl sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.77, for a total value of $87,770.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 16,241 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,425,472.57. The trade was a 5.80% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 3,991 shares of company stock valued at $357,153. 0.31% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Q2

Q2 Holdings, Inc provides cloud-based digital solutions to regional and community financial institutions in the United States. The company offers Digital Banking Platform, an end-to-end digital banking platform supports its financial institution customers in their delivery of unified digital banking services across digital channels.