Vanguard Group Inc. Has $36.31 Million Stock Holdings in Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR)

Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Free Report) by 2.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,183,641 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 44,881 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 7.35% of Aehr Test Systems worth $36,314,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of AEHR. LPL Financial LLC acquired a new position in Aehr Test Systems during the 4th quarter worth approximately $874,000. HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 18.1% in the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 13,256 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $220,000 after purchasing an additional 2,032 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Aehr Test Systems during the fourth quarter worth $272,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in Aehr Test Systems by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 89,631 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,491,000 after purchasing an additional 7,680 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC increased its stake in Aehr Test Systems by 59.1% in the 4th quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC now owns 634,391 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $10,550,000 after buying an additional 235,625 shares during the last quarter. 69.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Aehr Test Systems to a "sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd.

Aehr Test Systems Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AEHR traded down $0.07 during trading on Friday, hitting $8.09. 271,252 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,199,350. The stock has a market cap of $240.85 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.79 and a beta of 2.00. Aehr Test Systems has a fifty-two week low of $6.27 and a fifty-two week high of $21.44. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $9.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.82.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 13th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by ($0.02). Aehr Test Systems had a return on equity of 21.09% and a net margin of 43.41%. As a group, research analysts predict that Aehr Test Systems will post 0.1 EPS for the current year.

Aehr Test Systems Company Profile

Aehr Test Systems provides test solutions for testing, burning-in, and semiconductor devices in wafer level, singulated die, and package part form, and installed systems worldwide. Its product portfolio includes FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems that are full wafer contact and singulated die/module test and burn-in systems that can test, burn-in, and stabilize range of devices, including silicon carbide-based and other power semiconductors, 2D and 3D sensors used in mobile phones, tablets and other computing devices, memory semiconductors, processors, microcontrollers, systems-on-a-chip, and photonics and integrated optical devices.