William Blair Has Pessimistic View of Powerfleet Q4 Earnings

Powerfleet, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIOT) – Equities research analysts at William Blair cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Powerfleet in a research report issued to clients and investors on Saturday, March 1st. William Blair analyst D. Becker now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.06. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Powerfleet’s current full-year earnings is ($0.32) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Powerfleet’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.36 EPS.

Powerfleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The company reported ($0.11) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by ($0.13).

AIOT has been the subject of several other research reports. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $15.00 target price on shares of Powerfleet in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Lake Street Capital boosted their target price on Powerfleet from $7.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, Northland Securities boosted their target price on Powerfleet from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th.

Powerfleet Stock Down 9.4 %

Shares of Powerfleet stock opened at $6.39 on Tuesday. Powerfleet has a one year low of $2.88 and a one year high of $8.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $6.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $5.96.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Powerfleet

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AIOT. Signaturefd LLC purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Comerica Bank purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Spire Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Powerfleet in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new stake in shares of Powerfleet during the fourth quarter worth approximately $58,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.40% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Powerfleet news, insider Catherine J. Lewis sold 82,010 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.05, for a total value of $578,170.50. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 240,962 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,698,782.10. The trade was a 25.39 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 7.79% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Powerfleet

PowerFleet, Inc engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets.