Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.780-1.280 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.970. The company issued revenue guidance of $372.0 million-$412.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $381.5 million.

Advanced Energy Industries Stock Performance

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 firm’s fifty day moving average price is $117.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $110.40. The company has a current ratio of 4.62, a quick ratio of 3.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock has a market cap of $4.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 97.52, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.45. Advanced Energy Industries has a 12-month low of $89.11 and a 12-month high of $130.50.

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The electronics maker reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.09 by ($0.03). Advanced Energy Industries had a net margin of 2.91% and a return on equity of 9.02%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Advanced Energy Industries will post 2.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Advanced Energy Industries Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be paid a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. Advanced Energy Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.09%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on AEIS. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $124.00 to $134.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Bank of America raised shares of Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, December 16th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $145.00 target price on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, 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. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $126.89.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Energy Industries

In other Advanced Energy Industries news, Director Lanesha Minnix sold 1,000 shares of Advanced Energy Industries stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.72, for a total value of $111,720.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 5,092 shares in the company, valued at approximately $568,878.24. The trade was a 16.41 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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.