Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.09 EPS

Key Points

• Helios Technologies reported earnings of $0.59 per share, exceeding analysts' estimates by $0.09, despite a year-over-year revenue decrease of 3.4%.
• The company has updated its FY 2025 EPS guidance to a range of $2.30 to $2.50 and Q3 2025 guidance to $0.600 to $0.680.
• Helios Technologies announced a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share, yielding 1.0%, with a payout ratio of 32.43%.

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO - Get Free Report) announced its earnings results on Monday. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.09, Briefing.com reports. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 8.22% and a net margin of 4.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.64 EPS. Helios Technologies updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.300-2.500 EPS and its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.600-0.680 EPS.

Helios Technologies Stock Up 4.0%

Shares of HLIO stock traded up $1.41 on Monday, hitting $36.84. 409,874 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 314,285. The company has a current ratio of 3.03, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.60 and a beta of 1.28. The business has a 50-day moving average of $34.14 and a 200 day moving average of $34.48. Helios Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $24.76 and a fifty-two week high of $57.29.

Helios Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 7th were paid a $0.09 dividend. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 7th. Helios Technologies's payout ratio is presently 32.43%.

Institutional Trading of Helios Technologies

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in Helios Technologies by 4.6% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 19,771 shares of the company's stock worth $634,000 after acquiring an additional 862 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in Helios Technologies by 198.2% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 56,606 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,816,000 after acquiring an additional 37,624 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in Helios Technologies by 14.6% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 70,936 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,276,000 after purchasing an additional 9,041 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in Helios Technologies by 0.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 89,391 shares of the company's stock worth $2,868,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 14.2% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 143,810 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,615,000 after purchasing an additional 17,914 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.72% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently weighed in on HLIO. KeyCorp raised Helios Technologies from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $40.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Helios Technologies from $65.00 to $49.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Helios Technologies from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st.

About Helios Technologies

Helios Technologies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered motion control and electronic control technology solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Hydraulics and Electronics. The Hydraulics segment offers cartridge valve technology products to control rates and direction of fluid flow, and to regulate and control pressures for industrial and mobile applications; hydraulic quick release coupling solutions for the agriculture, construction equipment, and industrial markets; motion control technology and fluid conveyance technology; cartridge valve technology; engineered solutions for machine users, manufacturers, or designers.

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