Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) Cut to “Hold” at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a report published on Saturday morning.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Diebold Nixdorf in a report on Monday, May 4th. Wedbush raised Diebold Nixdorf to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Diebold Nixdorf from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have assigned a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $100.00.

Diebold Nixdorf Stock Performance

Shares of DBD opened at $77.71 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.40 and a beta of 1.18. The company’s fifty day moving average is $83.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.75. Diebold Nixdorf has a 1 year low of $54.26 and a 1 year high of $92.08.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10. The company had revenue of $927.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $923.07 million. Diebold Nixdorf had a net margin of 2.87% and a return on equity of 21.16%. Diebold Nixdorf has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.250-5.750 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Diebold Nixdorf will post 5.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Diebold Nixdorf

In other news, EVP Jonathan Myers acquired 1,360 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $73.41 per share, with a total value of $99,837.60. Following the purchase, the executive vice president directly owned 45,626 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,349,404.66. This trade represents a 3.07% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Millstreet Capital Management sold 228,723 shares of Diebold Nixdorf stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.95, for a total value of $19,201,295.85. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 4,207,173 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $353,192,173.35. This represents a 5.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders purchased 3,982 shares of company stock valued at $299,741 and sold 419,798 shares valued at $35,245,284. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Diebold Nixdorf

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of DBD. Handelsbanken Fonder AB acquired a new position in shares of Diebold Nixdorf during the 2nd quarter worth $1,029,000. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Diebold Nixdorf by 56.7% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 735 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Diebold Nixdorf by 15.8% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 122,840 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $9,267,000 after acquiring an additional 16,751 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its holdings in Diebold Nixdorf by 1,815.0% during the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 126,387 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $9,535,000 after acquiring an additional 119,787 shares in the last quarter. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in Diebold Nixdorf by 40.6% during the 1st quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 20,587 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,553,000 after acquiring an additional 5,944 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.04% of the company’s stock.

About Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc (NYSE: DBD) is a leading global provider of connected commerce solutions, specializing in automated teller machines (ATMs), point-of-sale (POS) systems and related software and services for the banking and retail industries. The company’s core offerings include hardware platforms, software applications for transaction management and advanced analytics tools that enable financial institutions and retailers to enhance customer engagement, streamline operations and improve security at the point of transaction.