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After finishing at $96.52 in the prior trading day, Advanced Energy Industries Inc (NASDAQ: AEIS) closed at $83.87, down -13.11%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$13.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.64 million shares were traded. AEIS stock price reached its highest trading level at $90.5 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $83.16.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of AEIS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.38 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 42.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.27 and its Current Ratio is at 4.42. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.54.
On January 06, 2025, Citigroup Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation from $110 to $138.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on December 16, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $140.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when Acebedo Eduardo Bernal sold 19,309 shares for $111.61 per share. The transaction valued at 2,155,137 led to the insider holds 19,822 shares of the business.
EDUARDO BERNAL ACEBEDO bought 28,606 shares of AEIS for $3,193,989 on Mar 03 ’25. On Feb 26 ’25, another insider, Oldham Paul R, who serves as the EVP, CFO of the company, sold 1,061 shares for $125.00 each. As a result, the insider received 132,625 and left with 37,787 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AEIS now has a Market Capitalization of 3177683456 and an Enterprise Value of 3113118464. As of this moment, Advanced’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 58.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.54. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.101 whereas that against EBITDA is 22.668.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AEIS is 1.50, which has changed by -0.14383423 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.036926866 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AEIS has reached a high of $132.16, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $89.11. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -24.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -23.83%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 317.22K shares per day over the past 3-months and 418000 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 37.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 37.38M. Insiders hold about 0.92% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 109.13% stake in the company. Shares short for AEIS as of 1741910400 were 2501633 with a Short Ratio of 7.89, compared to 1739491200 on 2381278. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2501633 and a Short% of Float of 11.1.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AEIS’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.4, compared to 0.40 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.004144219
