Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Aehr Test Systems in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 10th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now expects that the semiconductor company will earn $0.07 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.06. William Blair has a "Market Perform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Aehr Test Systems' current full-year earnings is $0.39 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Aehr Test Systems' Q2 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS.
Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 9th. The semiconductor company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $21.43 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.10 million. Aehr Test Systems had a return on equity of 19.02% and a net margin of 21.43%.
Several other research firms also recently weighed in on AEHR. Craig Hallum reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a $12.00 target price on shares of Aehr Test Systems in a research note on Tuesday, March 26th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Aehr Test Systems from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday.
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Aehr Test Systems Price Performance
Shares of AEHR traded down $0.13 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $11.70. The company's stock had a trading volume of 843,923 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,643,945. The company has a market cap of $337.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.50 and a beta of 1.97. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $14.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.00. Aehr Test Systems has a 52-week low of $10.53 and a 52-week high of $54.10.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aehr Test Systems
Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lazard Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Aehr Test Systems during the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 141.3% during the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 823 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 482 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new position in shares of Aehr Test Systems during the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 93.0% during the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,158 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 558 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 1,027.1% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,578 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 1,438 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.69% of the company's stock.
Insider Activity at Aehr Test Systems
In related news, CEO Gayn Erickson sold 4,871 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.39, for a total transaction of $84,706.69. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 427,935 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,441,789.65. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 8,738 shares of company stock valued at $151,723. Corporate insiders own 11.30% of the company's stock.
About Aehr Test Systems
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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.
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