Sidoti Estimates Southland’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:SLND)

Southland Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLND) – Equities research analysts at Sidoti lowered their Q4 2027 EPS estimates for shares of Southland in a report issued on Wednesday, April 1st. Sidoti analyst J. Romero now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.02 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Southland’s current full-year earnings is ($2.68) per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for Southland’s Q1 2028 earnings at ($0.20) EPS and FY2028 earnings at $0.21 EPS.

Separately, Zacks Research downgraded Southland from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Southland presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $4.00.

Southland Price Performance

SLND stock opened at $1.30 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $1.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $3.00. The firm has a market cap of $70.35 million, a P/E ratio of -0.58 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. Southland has a 1 year low of $0.65 and a 1 year high of $5.34.

Institutional Trading of Southland

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Squarepoint Ops LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Southland during the 3rd quarter worth $223,000. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Southland by 14.7% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 59,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,000 after acquiring an additional 7,563 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Southland by 69.0% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 43,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,000 after acquiring an additional 17,888 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in Southland during the second quarter valued at about $103,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Southland by 18.2% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 30,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,000 after acquiring an additional 4,724 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 2.85% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Walter Timothy Winn purchased 29,177 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 31st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $1.47 per share, for a total transaction of $42,890.19. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief operating officer directly owned 1,950,721 shares in the company, valued at $2,867,559.87. This represents a 1.52% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 76.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Southland

Southland Holdings, Inc engages in specialty infrastructure construction business in North America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Civil and Transportation. The Civil segment designs and constructs water pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, water and wastewater treatment plants, concrete and structural steel, outfall, and tunneling. The Transportation segment designs and constructs bridges, roadways, marine, dredging, ship terminals and piers, and specialty structures and facilities, as well as convention centers, sports stadiums, marine facilities, and ferris wheels.