BigBear.ai’s (BBAI) Buy Rating Reiterated at HC Wainwright

HC Wainwright reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) in a research note released on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a $8.00 price objective on the stock. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for BigBear.ai’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.19) EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on BBAI. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $7.00 price objective on shares of BigBear.ai in a report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of BigBear.ai in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, BigBear.ai has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $6.33.

BigBear.ai Stock Performance

BBAI stock opened at $6.35 on Tuesday. BigBear.ai has a 1-year low of $1.68 and a 1-year high of $10.36. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $6.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $5.75. The company has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.47 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.

BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) 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 business 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 earned ($0.05) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. BigBear.ai has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that BigBear.ai will post -0.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at BigBear.ai

In other news, CFO Sean Raymond Ricker sold 11,978 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,585,445.75. This represents a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Quantitative Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in BigBear.ai in the third quarter worth about $1,389,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of BigBear.ai by 121.8% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 58,962 shares of the company’s stock valued at $384,000 after acquiring an additional 32,382 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of BigBear.ai in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $120,000. FourThought Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in BigBear.ai in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $486,000. Finally, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in BigBear.ai in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $306,000. 7.55% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.