Helios Technologies, Inc (NYSE:HLIO) Stock Rated “Buy” by Wall Street Brokerages

Shares of Helios Technologies, Inc (NYSE:HLIO) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seven brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $96.25.

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on HLIO shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Helios Technologies from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Wall Street Zen cut Helios Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Zacks Research raised shares of Helios Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Helios Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 17th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Helios Technologies from $93.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th.

Helios Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HLIO opened at $71.75 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $75.50. The stock has a market cap of $2.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.53 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a current ratio of 2.74, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Helios Technologies has a 12 month low of $47.01 and a 12 month high of $95.05.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $231.90 million for the quarter. Helios Technologies had a net margin of 8.01% and a return on equity of 11.43%. The firm’s revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. Helios Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.050-3.250 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.700-0.770 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Helios Technologies will post 3.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Helios Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 13th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Helios Technologies’s payout ratio is 22.43%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Helios Technologies

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HLIO. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Helios Technologies in the second quarter worth about $231,414,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in Helios Technologies by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,618,712 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,743,000 after acquiring an additional 6,347 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in Helios Technologies by 30.1% in the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 1,035,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,038,000 after acquiring an additional 239,876 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Helios Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $74,454,000. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP lifted its stake in Helios Technologies by 35.4% in the 1st quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 799,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,704,000 after purchasing an additional 208,823 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

About Helios Technologies

Helios Technologies, Inc is an industrial technology company that develops and manufactures products used to control the movement and operation of machinery. The company serves the hydraulics and electronics markets, providing technologies for mobile equipment, industrial machinery and other applications that require fluid-power and electronic control systems.

Its hydraulics products include cartridge valves, manifolds and related integrated hydraulic circuits designed to regulate pressure, flow and motion.