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

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The electronics maker reported $1.06 earnings per share 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 Price Performance

Advanced Energy Industries stock traded up $0.78 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $124.27. 405,452 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 242,176. Advanced Energy Industries has a 1-year low of $89.11 and a 1-year high of $130.50. The firm has a market cap of $4.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 109.01, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.45. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $117.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $110.57. The company has a quick ratio of 3.32, a current ratio of 4.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Advanced Energy Industries Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.32%. Advanced Energy Industries's dividend payout ratio is presently 27.97%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on AEIS shares. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $125.00 price target on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. TD Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $120.00 to $118.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Citigroup raised Advanced Energy Industries from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the company from $110.00 to $138.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $145.00 target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research report on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $126.56.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Energy Industries

In related news, Director Lanesha Minnix sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.72, for a total transaction of $111,720.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,092 shares in the company, valued at $568,878.24. This trade represents a 16.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company 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.