Helios Technologies, Inc (NYSE:HLIO) Receives $87.25 Average PT from Analysts

Helios Technologies, Inc (NYSE:HLIO) has earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have assigned a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $89.75.

Several research firms have commented on HLIO. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Zacks Research raised shares of Helios Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $81.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Helios Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 7th.

Helios Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:HLIO opened at $82.86 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.86, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. Helios Technologies has a 1 year low of $28.79 and a 1 year high of $83.59. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $70.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $64.98. The firm has a market cap of $2.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.53 and a beta of 1.23.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $228.40 million for the quarter. Helios Technologies had a net margin of 6.98% and a return on equity of 10.49%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 16.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.44 earnings per share. Helios Technologies has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.780-0.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.750-3.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Helios Technologies will post 2.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Helios Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 13th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 13th. This is a positive change from Helios Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. Helios Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.37%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Helios Technologies news, insider Matteo Arduini sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.48, for a total transaction of $229,440.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 15,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,171,444.16. This represents a 16.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Helios Technologies

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 114.9% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,997,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,848,000 after purchasing an additional 1,067,846 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 3.5% in the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,626,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,806,000 after purchasing an additional 55,206 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 7.9% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,530,525 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,787,000 after purchasing an additional 112,213 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 30.1% in the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 1,035,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,038,000 after purchasing an additional 239,876 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 7.9% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 932,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,113,000 after purchasing an additional 68,182 shares during the last quarter. 94.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Helios Technologies Company Profile

Helios Technologies, Inc develops and manufactures engineered motion control and electronic control products for a wide range of industrial and mobile equipment applications. The company’s Hydraulics segment designs and produces hydraulic cartridge valves, manifold systems, pumps and motors, filtration solutions and off-highway joysticks. Its Electronic Controls segment offers programmable electronic control units, wireless telematics, human-machine interfaces and software to optimize performance, efficiency and safety for equipment OEMs and end users.

Through its global network of manufacturing facilities, service centers and technology centers, Helios Technologies serves markets in agriculture, construction, material handling, mining, municipal and recreational vehicles, as well as industrial automation and infrastructure equipment.