Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) Price Target Raised to $225.00

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) had its target price lifted by Benchmark from $150.00 to $225.00 in a report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the electronics maker’s stock.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on AEIS. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Advanced Energy Industries from $140.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird set a $190.00 price target on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Monday, October 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $195.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $200.50.

Advanced Energy Industries Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of AEIS opened at $216.73 on Wednesday. Advanced Energy Industries has a fifty-two week low of $75.01 and a fifty-two week high of $232.05. The company’s fifty day moving average is $179.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $147.14. The firm has a market cap of $8.18 billion, a PE ratio of 98.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.60. The company has a quick ratio of 2.97, a current ratio of 4.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The electronics maker reported $1.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.27. Advanced Energy Industries had a return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 5.13%.The business had revenue of $463.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $441.54 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.98 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. Advanced Energy Industries has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.500-2.000 EPS. Analysts forecast that Advanced Energy Industries will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Advanced Energy Industries Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 24th will be paid a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 24th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Advanced Energy Industries’s dividend payout ratio is 10.50%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP John Donaghey sold 1,000 shares of Advanced Energy Industries stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.73, for a total transaction of $160,730.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 10,029 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,611,961.17. The trade was a 9.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Energy Industries

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Energy Industries in the 1st quarter worth about $914,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new position in Advanced Energy Industries in the first quarter worth about $78,000. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Energy Industries in the first quarter valued at about $253,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Energy Industries by 3.2% in the first quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,168 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $493,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised its stake in Advanced Energy Industries by 215.3% during the first quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 11,195 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $1,067,000 after buying an additional 7,644 shares in the last quarter. 99.67% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Advanced Energy Industries Company Profile

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc provides precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions in the United States and internationally. The company's plasma power products offer solutions to enable innovation for semiconductor and thin film plasma processes, such as dry etch and deposition.