Capital Fund Management S.A. Acquires Shares of 34,495 IPG Photonics Corporation $IPGP

Key Points

• Capital Fund Management S.A. has made a new investment of approximately $2.18 million in IPG Photonics Corporation, acquiring 34,495 shares during the first quarter.
• IPG Photonics reported earnings of $0.30 per share for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, though revenue was down 2.7% compared to the previous year.
• Several institutional investors have increased their stakes in IPG Photonics, with institutional ownership now at 93.79% of the company's stock.

Capital Fund Management S.A. purchased a new position in IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 34,495 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $2,178,000. Capital Fund Management S.A. owned 0.08% of IPG Photonics at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in IPG Photonics by 43.4% during the 1st quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 31,671 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,000,000 after buying an additional 9,591 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP lifted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 219.6% in the first quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 76,838 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $4,852,000 after buying an additional 52,798 shares in the last quarter. Cambiar Investors LLC boosted its position in shares of IPG Photonics by 1.8% in the first quarter. Cambiar Investors LLC now owns 99,114 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $6,258,000 after acquiring an additional 1,731 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in IPG Photonics by 6.6% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 129,169 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $8,156,000 after acquiring an additional 7,954 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in IPG Photonics by 126.6% during the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 212,693 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $13,429,000 after acquiring an additional 118,827 shares in the last quarter. 93.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Jeanmarie F. Desmond sold 1,360 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.24, for a total transaction of $103,686.40. Following the transaction, the director owned 9,740 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $742,577.60. This trade represents a 12.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Trevor Ness sold 1,678 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $82.94, for a total transaction of $139,173.32. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 42,243 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,503,634.42. This represents a 3.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 39.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on IPGP. Wall Street Zen raised shares of IPG Photonics from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised IPG Photonics from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $97.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reduced their target price on IPG Photonics from $80.00 to $70.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $75.00.

IPG Photonics Price Performance

NASDAQ IPGP traded down $3.16 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $81.82. 211,271 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 238,280. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $66.69. IPG Photonics Corporation has a 1 year low of $48.59 and a 1 year high of $88.50. The company has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 23.15 and a beta of 0.88.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $250.72 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $228.20 million. IPG Photonics had a positive return on equity of 2.25% and a negative net margin of 22.77%.The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.45 EPS. IPG Photonics has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.050-0.350 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that IPG Photonics Corporation will post 1.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

IPG Photonics Profile

IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells various high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in various applications primarily in materials processing worldwide. Its laser products include hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers; and high-power optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, chillers, scanners, and other accessories.