
IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q4 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of IPG Photonics in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, August 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of $0.53 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.63. The consensus estimate for IPG Photonics' current full-year earnings is $1.54 per share.
A number of other analysts also recently commented on IPGP. Stifel Nicolaus set a $72.00 price objective on IPG Photonics in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised IPG Photonics from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $97.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Raymond James Financial cut their target price on IPG Photonics from $80.00 to $70.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised IPG Photonics from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $75.00.
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IPG Photonics Price Performance
NASDAQ:IPGP traded up $0.53 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $75.26. 254,586 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 222,867. IPG Photonics has a twelve month low of $48.59 and a twelve month high of $88.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 21.40 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $71.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $65.79.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.20. IPG Photonics had a positive return on equity of 2.25% and a negative net margin of 22.77%. The business had revenue of $250.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $228.20 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.45 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
IPG Photonics Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.33 per share. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%.
Insider Buying and Selling at IPG Photonics
In other IPG Photonics news, Director Jeanmarie F. Desmond sold 1,360 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.24, for a total value of $103,686.40. Following the transaction, the director owned 9,740 shares in the company, valued at $742,577.60. The trade was a 12.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 39.50% of the company's stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of IPG Photonics by 85.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,774,660 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $121,830,000 after acquiring an additional 819,575 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of IPG Photonics by 1,918.3% during the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,429,241 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $90,242,000 after acquiring an additional 1,358,428 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of IPG Photonics by 14.7% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,352,246 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $98,335,000 after acquiring an additional 173,584 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of IPG Photonics by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,069,193 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $77,751,000 after acquiring an additional 9,852 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of IPG Photonics by 188.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 636,804 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $40,208,000 after acquiring an additional 416,186 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.79% of the company's stock.
IPG Photonics Company Profile
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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.
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