Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.03 EPS

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The electronics maker reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.09 by ($0.03), Zacks reports. Advanced Energy Industries had a net margin of 2.91% and a return on equity of 9.02%. Advanced Energy Industries updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.780-1.280 EPS.

Advanced Energy Industries Trading Up 0.8 %

AEIS stock traded up $0.97 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $124.46. The stock had a trading volume of 95,267 shares, compared to its average volume of 263,433. The firm has a market cap of $4.69 billion, a PE ratio of 109.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 4.62 and a quick ratio of 3.32. Advanced Energy Industries has a 12-month low of $89.11 and a 12-month high of $130.50. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $117.29 and its 200 day moving average price is $110.50.

Advanced Energy Industries Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 24th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.32%. Advanced Energy Industries’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.09%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently commented on AEIS shares. Citigroup raised Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $110.00 to $138.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Advanced Energy Industries from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Advanced Energy Industries from $115.00 to $110.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. TD Cowen dropped their target price on Advanced Energy Industries from $120.00 to $118.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Energy Industries currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $126.56.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Lanesha Minnix sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.72, for a total transaction of $111,720.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 5,092 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $568,878.24. This represents a 16.41 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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.