William Blair Lowers Earnings Estimates for Simulations Plus

Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP) – Investment analysts at William Blair lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Simulations Plus in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst M. Smock now expects that the technology company will earn $0.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.27. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Simulations Plus’ current full-year earnings is $1.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Simulations Plus’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.35 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.35 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. BTIG Research cut their price objective on Simulations Plus from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. KeyCorp reduced their price objective on Simulations Plus from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Simulations Plus from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Stephens began coverage on shares of Simulations Plus in a report on Friday, November 15th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $39.00 price target for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $49.00.

Simulations Plus Price Performance

Simulations Plus stock opened at $28.21 on Friday. Simulations Plus has a fifty-two week low of $24.00 and a fifty-two week high of $51.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $29.81 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $33.96. The firm has a market cap of $566.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.57 and a beta of 0.80.

Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The technology company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $18.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.73 million. Simulations Plus had a net margin of 14.15% and a return on equity of 6.16%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.18 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Simulations Plus by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 640,303 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $20,503,000 after purchasing an additional 28,953 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Simulations Plus by 4.4% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 448,618 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $14,367,000 after buying an additional 18,924 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in Simulations Plus by 10.1% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 414,005 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $20,128,000 after buying an additional 37,992 shares during the last quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Simulations Plus by 54.7% in the third quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 325,567 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,425,000 after acquiring an additional 115,122 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royce & Associates LP boosted its holdings in shares of Simulations Plus by 28.8% in the 3rd quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 237,416 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $7,602,000 after acquiring an additional 53,092 shares in the last quarter. 78.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Walter S. Woltosz sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.66, for a total value of $553,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 3,462,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $95,775,073.44. This represents a 0.57 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 19.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Simulations Plus

Simulations Plus, Inc develops drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and prediction of molecular properties utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning based technology worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Software and Services. It offers GastroPlus, which simulates the absorption and drug interaction of compounds administered to humans and animals; and DDDPlus and MembranePlus simulation products.