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

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The electronics maker reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 down $0.19 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $111.17. 323,233 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 254,750. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $117.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $110.40. Advanced Energy Industries has a 1 year low of $89.11 and a 1 year high of $130.50. The company has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 97.52, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 3.32 and a current ratio of 4.62.

Advanced Energy Industries Announces Dividend

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 paid a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. Advanced Energy Industries’s payout ratio is currently 35.09%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup raised Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $110.00 to $138.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $145.00 price target on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. StockNews.com raised shares of Advanced Energy Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $126.89.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Energy Industries

In other news, Director Lanesha Minnix sold 1,000 shares of Advanced Energy Industries stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.72, for a total value 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. The trade was a 16.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Advanced Energy Industries

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.