William Blair Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Trimble

Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB) – Analysts at William Blair dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Trimble in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 19th. William Blair analyst J. Ho now forecasts that the scientific and technical instruments company will post earnings per share of $0.45 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Trimble’s current full-year earnings is $2.37 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Trimble’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.34 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.68 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on TRMB. Cfra upgraded Trimble from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $92.00 price target for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on Trimble from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Trimble from $82.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Trimble from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $74.00 to $92.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $84.00 price objective on shares of Trimble in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $86.00.

Trimble Trading Up 0.6 %

Trimble stock opened at $71.36 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $73.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $66.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.27. Trimble has a one year low of $48.65 and a one year high of $77.78. The stock has a market cap of $17.54 billion, a PE ratio of 11.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.53.

Institutional Trading of Trimble

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Trimble in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $190,391,000. Boston Partners grew its holdings in Trimble by 217.3% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,377,136 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $239,802,000 after purchasing an additional 2,312,937 shares during the period. Select Equity Group L.P. grew its holdings in Trimble by 22.4% in the fourth quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 10,154,341 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $717,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,857,517 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Trimble by 41.4% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,442,653 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $337,934,000 after purchasing an additional 1,594,732 shares during the period. Finally, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Trimble in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $50,041,000. 93.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Jennifer Allison sold 3,571 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.75, for a total transaction of $266,932.25. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 3,157 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $235,985.75. This trade represents a 53.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.47% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Trimble Company Profile

Trimble Inc provides technology solutions that enable professionals and field mobile workers to enhance or transform their work processes worldwide. The company's Buildings and Infrastructure segment offers field and office software for project design and visualization; systems to guide and control construction equipment; software for 3D design and data sharing; systems to monitor, track, and manage assets, equipment, and workers; software to share and communicate data; program management solutions for construction owners; 3D conceptual design and modeling software; building information modeling software; enterprise resource planning, project management, and project collaboration solutions; integrated site layout and measurement systems; cost estimating, scheduling, and project controls solutions; and applications for sub-contractors and trades.