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

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) issued its earnings results 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 return on equity of 9.02% and a net margin of 2.91%. Advanced Energy Industries updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.780-1.280 EPS.

Advanced Energy Industries Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AEIS traded down $0.19 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $111.17. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 323,233 shares, compared to its average volume of 254,755. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $117.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $110.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion, a PE ratio of 97.52, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.45. Advanced Energy Industries has a 52 week low of $89.11 and a 52 week high of $130.50. 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 Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.36%. Advanced Energy Industries’s payout ratio is 35.09%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AEIS has been the subject of several research reports. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $124.00 to $134.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $105.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $110.00 to $138.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Four research 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $126.89.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Lanesha Minnix sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.72, for a total transaction of $111,720.00. Following the completion of 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.