Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Heico Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research raised its Q4 2025 earnings per share estimate for Heico Corporation to $1.13, up from $1.12, reflecting a positive forecast for the aerospace company.
• Heico reported a 14.9% year-over-year revenue increase, with a quarterly revenue of $1.10 billion, exceeding estimates of $1.06 billion.
• The firm announced a semi-annual dividend increase to $0.12 per share from the previous $0.11, representing a 10.0% yield for shareholders.

Heico Corporation (NYSE:HEI - Free Report) - Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Heico in a report released on Tuesday, August 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the aerospace company will earn $1.13 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.12. The consensus estimate for Heico's current full-year earnings is $4.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Heico's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.03 EPS.

Heico (NYSE:HEI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 27th. The aerospace company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.06 billion. Heico had a net margin of 14.54% and a return on equity of 15.88%. The firm's revenue was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. Barclays set a $280.00 price target on Heico and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, June 2nd. UBS Group lifted their target price on Heico from $264.00 to $306.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $352.00 target price on Heico and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Heico from $244.00 to $278.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their target price on Heico from $323.00 to $352.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, July 11th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $301.45.

Heico Stock Performance

HEI stock opened at $316.11 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 73.86, a PEG ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 3.43. Heico has a 1 year low of $216.68 and a 1 year high of $338.92. The stock's fifty day moving average is $316.64 and its two-hundred day moving average is $275.94.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HEI. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Heico by 68.9% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 528,145 shares of the aerospace company's stock worth $173,232,000 after buying an additional 215,530 shares during the last quarter. Bain Capital Public Equity Management II LLC bought a new stake in shares of Heico during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $110,503,000. EULAV Asset Management increased its position in shares of Heico by 1.8% during the first quarter. EULAV Asset Management now owns 461,693 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $123,360,000 after purchasing an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its position in shares of Heico by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 371,178 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $88,244,000 after purchasing an additional 8,300 shares during the period. Finally, Congress Asset Management Co. increased its position in shares of Heico by 366.0% during the second quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 308,457 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $101,174,000 after purchasing an additional 242,264 shares during the period. 27.12% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Heico

In other Heico news, Director Alan Schriesheim sold 35,000 shares of Heico stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.36, for a total transaction of $10,442,600.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 122,197 shares of the company's stock, valued at $36,458,696.92. The trade was a 22.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Laurans A. Mendelson sold 56,300 shares of Heico stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.45, for a total value of $17,985,035.00. Following the transaction, the chairman directly owned 1,253,127 shares in the company, valued at approximately $400,311,420.15. This trade represents a 4.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 91,656 shares of company stock valued at $28,534,115 in the last 90 days. 9.55% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Heico Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This is a boost from Heico's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.11. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 1st. This represents a yield of 10.0%. Heico's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.61%.

About Heico

HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells aerospace, defense, and electronic related products and services in the United States and internationally. Its Flight Support Group segment provides jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts; thermal insulation blankets and parts; renewable/reusable insulation systems; and specialty components.

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