Cantor Fitzgerald Boosts Earnings Estimates for BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI) – Stock analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald upped their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for BigBear.ai in a report issued on Tuesday, November 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst J. Ruykhaver now expects that the company will earn ($0.38) per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of ($0.55). Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $7.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for BigBear.ai’s current full-year earnings is ($0.28) per share.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on BBAI. HC Wainwright reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $8.00 price objective on shares of BigBear.ai in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of BigBear.ai in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, BigBear.ai has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $6.33.

BigBear.ai Stock Performance

NYSE:BBAI traded down $0.86 on Thursday, reaching $6.31. 46,997,594 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 95,180,594. The firm has a market cap of $2.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.45 and a beta of 3.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 3.13 and a quick ratio of 1.91. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $5.74. BigBear.ai has a 52 week low of $1.68 and a 52 week high of $10.36.

BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by ($0.01). BigBear.ai had a negative return on equity of 26.11% and a negative net margin of 274.70%.The firm had revenue of $33.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.82 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.05) EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. BigBear.ai has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BigBear.ai

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BBAI. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in BigBear.ai in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. CWM LLC raised its holdings in BigBear.ai by 237.5% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 3,265 shares during the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its holdings in BigBear.ai by 3,355.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 4,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 4,832 shares during the last quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in BigBear.ai by 2,216.0% during the 1st quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 11,080 shares during the period. Finally, Alpine Global Management LLC purchased a new stake in BigBear.ai during the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. 7.55% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Sean Raymond Ricker sold 11,978 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.35, for a total transaction of $64,082.30. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 296,345 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,585,445.75. This represents a 3.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

BigBear.ai Company Profile

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services.