Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) Updates Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) updated its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.780-0.830 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $227.0 million-$232.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $210.3 million. Helios Technologies also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 2.750-3.000 EPS.

Helios Technologies Price Performance

HLIO stock traded down $0.15 during trading on Monday, hitting $68.07. The company had a trading volume of 409,061 shares, compared to its average volume of 351,770. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.95 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a 50 day moving average of $67.72 and a 200 day moving average of $62.57. Helios Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $28.79 and a fifty-two week high of $76.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.90, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $210.70 million for the quarter. Helios Technologies had a net margin of 5.78% and a return on equity of 9.36%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.33 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Helios Technologies will post 2.74 earnings per share for the current year.

Helios Technologies Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 13th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Helios Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. Helios Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 33.10%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on HLIO. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Helios Technologies from $74.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $76.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Helios Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Helios Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. started coverage on shares of Helios Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $80.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $80.67.

Institutional Trading of Helios Technologies

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 6.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 68,594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,669,000 after acquiring an additional 3,876 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Helios Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $363,000. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in Helios Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $382,000. VARCOV Co. acquired a new position in Helios Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $366,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Helios Technologies by 114.9% during the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,997,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,848,000 after purchasing an additional 1,067,846 shares during the last quarter. 94.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Helios Technologies Company Profile

Helios Technologies, Inc develops and manufactures engineered motion control and electronic control products for a wide range of industrial and mobile equipment applications. The company’s Hydraulics segment designs and produces hydraulic cartridge valves, manifold systems, pumps and motors, filtration solutions and off-highway joysticks. Its Electronic Controls segment offers programmable electronic control units, wireless telematics, human-machine interfaces and software to optimize performance, efficiency and safety for equipment OEMs and end users.

Through its global network of manufacturing facilities, service centers and technology centers, Helios Technologies serves markets in agriculture, construction, material handling, mining, municipal and recreational vehicles, as well as industrial automation and infrastructure equipment.