Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-two brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, twenty-five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $634.2581.

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Intuit from $785.00 to $540.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Oppenheimer reduced their target price on shares of Intuit from $696.00 to $558.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Independent Research set a $875.00 target price on shares of Intuit in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Intuit from $800.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn raised shares of Intuit from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $670.00 to $700.00 in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th.

Key Headlines Impacting Intuit

Here are the key news stories impacting Intuit this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multi‑year partnership with Anthropic to build AI financial agents strengthens Intuit’s AI product roadmap and long‑term revenue opportunity, supporting buy‑side interest. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Intuit, providing fresh analyst support that can anchor the stock amid recent weakness. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company announced a quarterly dividend (ex‑dividend April 9), a steady capital‑return sign but modest yield—likely a neutral to mild positive for income‑focused investors. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyses and valuation pieces note a multi‑month share selloff and re‑rating debate—keeps the stock in focus but produces mixed signals for timing. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Management’s Q3 profit guidance came in below Wall Street estimates after the Feb. 26 earnings release; that guidance miss triggered a post‑earnings pullback and remains a key near‑term risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares (~$440 avg) recently, reducing his stake modestly; while small in size, insider sales can be read negatively in a down tape. Read More.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intuit news, CEO Sasan K. Goodarzi sold 41,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $650.10, for a total transaction of $26,654,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 13,611 shares in the company, valued at $8,848,511.10. This trade represents a 75.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares of Intuit stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $440.40, for a total value of $146,653.20. Following the sale, the director owned 13,253 shares in the company, valued at $5,836,621.20. This represents a 2.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 120,501 shares of company stock valued at $79,983,892 in the last three months. 2.49% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Intuit

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Tortoise Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Intuit by 540.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 32 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. Sagard Holdings Management Inc. acquired a new position in Intuit during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Intuit in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Intuit in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Finally, Total Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Intuit in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Intuit Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of INTU opened at $439.96 on Friday. Intuit has a 12 month low of $349.00 and a 12 month high of $813.70. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $482.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $600.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The stock has a market cap of $121.67 billion, a PE ratio of 28.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.26.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The software maker reported $4.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.68 by $0.47. The business had revenue of $4.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.53 billion. Intuit had a return on equity of 24.23% and a net margin of 21.57%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.32 earnings per share. Intuit has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 12.450-12.510 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 22.980-23.180 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Intuit will post 14.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 31.09%.

About Intuit

Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) is a financial software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, that develops and sells cloud-based financial management and compliance products for individuals, small businesses, self-employed workers and accounting professionals. Founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, the company has grown from desktop tax and accounting software into a diversified provider of online financial tools. As of my latest update, Sasan Goodarzi serves as Chief Executive Officer.

Intuit’s product portfolio includes QuickBooks, its flagship accounting and business-management platform that offers bookkeeping, payroll, payments and invoicing capabilities; TurboTax, a tax-preparation and filing service aimed at individual taxpayers; and Mint, a consumer personal-finance and budgeting app.