4D Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. $AEIS

4D Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEIS) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 15,000 shares of the electronics maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,141,000.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Freestone Grove Partners LP raised its holdings in Advanced Energy Industries by 37.1% in the 4th quarter. Freestone Grove Partners LP now owns 57,531 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $12,045,000 after acquiring an additional 15,578 shares in the last quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Energy Industries in the 4th quarter valued at $726,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Advanced Energy Industries by 16.5% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 30,587 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $6,404,000 after acquiring an additional 4,329 shares in the last quarter. Abel Hall LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Energy Industries in the 4th quarter valued at $464,000. Finally, Jump Financial LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Energy Industries in the 4th quarter valued at $461,000. 99.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Energy Industries

In other news, EVP Elizabeth Karpinski Vonne sold 966 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $369.40, for a total value of $356,840.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 11,616 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,290,950.40. This represents a 7.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Advanced Energy Industries from $360.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on Advanced Energy Industries in a report on Thursday, June 11th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $400.00 price target for the company. Citigroup boosted their price target on Advanced Energy Industries from $385.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research raised Advanced Energy Industries from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Advanced Energy Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, June 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $361.82.

Advanced Energy Industries Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of AEIS stock opened at $353.32 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $13.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.38, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $346.06 and a 200-day moving average of $297.61. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has a 1-year low of $124.19 and a 1-year high of $397.44.

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The electronics maker reported $2.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $511.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $505.81 million. Advanced Energy Industries had a return on equity of 17.99% and a net margin of 10.00%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.23 earnings per share. Advanced Energy Industries has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.930-2.430 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. will post 7.72 earnings per share for the current year.

Advanced Energy Industries Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 25th were paid a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Advanced Energy Industries’s dividend payout ratio is presently 8.42%.

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.