IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.050-0.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.290. The company issued revenue guidance of $210.0 million-$240.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $234.9 million.

IPG Photonics Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of IPG Photonics stock opened at $62.97 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.15 and a beta of 0.95. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $73.47. IPG Photonics has a 52 week low of $60.72 and a 52 week high of $101.94.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The semiconductor company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.05). IPG Photonics had a positive return on equity of 4.32% and a negative net margin of 14.20%. On average, equities analysts expect that IPG Photonics will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

IPGP has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Northcoast Research cut shares of IPG Photonics from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of IPG Photonics from $100.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of IPG Photonics in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of IPG Photonics in a research note on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $89.75.

About IPG Photonics

IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells various high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in various applications primarily in materials processing worldwide. Its laser products include hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers; and high-power optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, chillers, scanners, and other accessories.