American Century Companies Inc. Takes Position in Aehr Test Systems $AEHR

American Century Companies Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 11,752 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $86,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rhumbline Advisers grew its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 40,212 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $293,000 after acquiring an additional 2,165 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 137,241 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,283,000 after acquiring an additional 2,365 shares during the period. State of Wyoming bought a new position in shares of Aehr Test Systems during the 4th quarter worth $67,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 23.9% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 24,716 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $412,000 after acquiring an additional 4,772 shares during the period. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP grew its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 12.2% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 48,624 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $809,000 after acquiring an additional 5,276 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 69.69% of the company's stock.

Aehr Test Systems Stock Performance

NASDAQ AEHR traded up $0.63 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $27.03. The company had a trading volume of 1,150,407 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,227,861. Aehr Test Systems has a 52 week low of $6.27 and a 52 week high of $28.41. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of $12.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $808.59 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -208.95 and a beta of 2.54.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 8th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.01. Aehr Test Systems had a negative return on equity of 0.15% and a negative net margin of 6.63%.The business had revenue of $14.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.83 million. On average, research analysts forecast that Aehr Test Systems will post 0.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Aehr Test Systems news, VP Alistair N. Sporck sold 3,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.13, for a total value of $42,390.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 30,808 shares in the company, valued at $435,317.04. This trade represents a 8.87% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Rhea J. Posedel sold 18,000 shares of Aehr Test Systems stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.83, for a total value of $356,940.00. Following the sale, the director owned 71,163 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,411,162.29. This trade represents a 20.19% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 26,000 shares of company stock worth $506,830 in the last quarter. 6.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Aehr Test Systems Profile

Aehr Test Systems provides test solutions for testing, burning-in, and semiconductor devices in wafer level, singulated die, and package part form, and installed systems worldwide. Its product portfolio includes FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems that are full wafer contact and singulated die/module test and burn-in systems that can test, burn-in, and stabilize range of devices, including silicon carbide-based and other power semiconductors, 2D and 3D sensors used in mobile phones, tablets and other computing devices, memory semiconductors, processors, microcontrollers, systems-on-a-chip, and photonics and integrated optical devices.