Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of Polaris Inc. (NYSE:PII) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the fifteen brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have given a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $52.3333.

Several research analysts recently commented on PII shares. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Polaris from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Citigroup raised shares of Polaris from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $35.00 to $60.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Polaris from $45.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Polaris from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Polaris in a report on Saturday, September 27th.

Institutional Trading of Polaris

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Polaris by 15.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,137,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,554,000 after purchasing an additional 426,482 shares in the last quarter. RWWM Inc. lifted its stake in Polaris by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. RWWM Inc. now owns 2,401,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,620,000 after purchasing an additional 6,428 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Polaris by 564.8% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,752,801 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,673,000 after purchasing an additional 1,489,157 shares in the last quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. lifted its stake in Polaris by 142.1% in the 1st quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 1,620,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,346,000 after purchasing an additional 951,195 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Polaris by 44.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,311,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,326,000 after purchasing an additional 404,178 shares in the last quarter. 88.06% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Polaris Stock Down 0.0%

Polaris stock opened at $64.27 on Tuesday. Polaris has a twelve month low of $30.92 and a twelve month high of $84.08. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $56.86 and a 200-day moving average price of $45.98. The company has a market capitalization of $3.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -34.19 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17.

Polaris (NYSE:PII) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.35. The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.73 billion. Polaris had a negative net margin of 1.57% and a positive return on equity of 5.16%. The company’s revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.38 EPS. Polaris has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Polaris will post 1.11 EPS for the current year.

Polaris Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%. Polaris’s dividend payout ratio is currently -142.55%.

About Polaris

Polaris Inc designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets powersports vehicles in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Off-Road, On-Road, and Marine. The company offers off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles; military and commercial ORVs; snowmobiles; motorcycles; and moto-roadsters, quadricycles, and boats.