Sezzle soars on annual forecast hike, Q3 profit beat

** Shares of 'buy now, pay later' firm Sezzle SEZL.O rise 28.8% to $176 premarket

** SEZL raises FY26 revenue growth forecast to 42.5% from prior 35%

** Ups adj EPS of $5.45-$5.50 from $5.25 seen earlier

** Posts adj EPS of $1.37 — beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29, per LSEG-compiled data

** Four of seven brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher and three "hold"; median PT is $184 - LSEG data

** As of last close, stock more than doubled YTD