Headlands Technologies LLC Purchases Shares of 2,516 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. $AEIS

Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEIS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 2,516 shares of the electronics maker’s stock, valued at approximately $938,000.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in Advanced Energy Industries by 16.5% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 11,155 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,063,000 after buying an additional 1,578 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Energy Industries by 47.7% during the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 539 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Energy Industries during the first quarter valued at approximately $468,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Advanced Energy Industries by 4.6% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 22,278 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $2,123,000 after purchasing an additional 970 shares during the period. Finally, United Services Automobile Association acquired a new stake in Advanced Energy Industries during the first quarter worth $228,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.67% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AEIS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Energy Industries from $435.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Seaport Research Partners raised Advanced Energy Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $410.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Advanced Energy Industries from $375.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Wells Fargo & Company raised Advanced Energy Industries from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $345.00 to $465.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Advanced Energy Industries in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $409.50.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Elizabeth Karpinski Vonne sold 907 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $290.05, for a total transaction of $263,075.35. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 9,805 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,843,940.25. This represents a 8.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, COO Eduardo Bernal Acebedo sold 24,771 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total transaction of $7,814,755.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 23,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,290,427.32. This represents a 51.74% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 26,586 shares of company stock valued at $8,379,904 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Energy Industries Stock Down 3.6%

NASDAQ AEIS opened at $267.00 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $307.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $326.98. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has a one year low of $144.09 and a one year high of $397.44. The firm has a market cap of $10.69 billion, a PE ratio of 49.81 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 3.79 and a quick ratio of 2.94.

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The electronics maker reported $2.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.21 by $0.53. Advanced Energy Industries had a return on equity of 20.75% and a net margin of 10.77%.The firm had revenue of $574.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $544.41 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.50 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Advanced Energy Industries has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.750-3.250 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. will post 9.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Advanced Energy Industries Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.10 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 24th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Advanced Energy Industries’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7.46%.

About Advanced Energy Industries

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc is a global technology company specializing in precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions. The company designs and manufactures a broad portfolio of products including high-voltage power supplies, RF and microwave generators, digital power controllers, reactive gas control systems, and thin film measurement instruments. These solutions enable advanced processes in semiconductor fabrication, flat panel display manufacturing, industrial coating, data storage, telecommunications and medical device production.

Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, Advanced Energy has grown through strategic product development and international expansion.