NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) Price Target Raised to $22.00

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) had its price objective hoisted by BMO Capital Markets from $20.00 to $22.00 in a research report report published on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have an outperform rating on the stock.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on NIQ Global Intelligence from $13.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from $17.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 17th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of NIQ Global Intelligence from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.17.

NIQ Global Intelligence Stock Up 4.0%

Shares of NIQ Global Intelligence stock opened at $18.98 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $17.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.01. NIQ Global Intelligence has a twelve month low of $7.93 and a twelve month high of $19.69. The stock has a market cap of $5.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.93 and a beta of -0.08.

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. NIQ Global Intelligence had a positive return on equity of 14.84% and a negative net margin of 8.01%. NIQ Global Intelligence has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.080-1.120 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.220-0.240 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that NIQ Global Intelligence will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of NIQ Global Intelligence

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Alamut Investment Management LLP increased its position in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 68.3% during the fourth quarter. Alamut Investment Management LLP now owns 1,918,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,637,000 after acquiring an additional 778,674 shares during the last quarter. Governors Lane LP lifted its stake in shares of NIQ Global Intelligence by 76.9% in the fourth quarter. Governors Lane LP now owns 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,490,000 after acquiring an additional 434,667 shares in the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in NIQ Global Intelligence by 271.3% in the first quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 585,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,660,000 after purchasing an additional 428,019 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in NIQ Global Intelligence by 67.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 715,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,140,000 after purchasing an additional 287,129 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in NIQ Global Intelligence by 52.2% in the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 531,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,040,000 after purchasing an additional 182,300 shares during the last quarter.

About NIQ Global Intelligence

NIQ Global Intelligence, formerly known as NielsenIQ, is a global consumer intelligence and market measurement company. It provides retailers, consumer packaged goods manufacturers and other businesses with data and analytics intended to help them understand consumer behavior, evaluate product performance and make decisions about pricing, assortment, distribution and marketing.

The company collects and analyzes retail sales, consumer purchasing and market data across categories such as food, beverages, household products, health and beauty, and other consumer goods.