American Century Companies Inc. Purchases 10,733 Shares of Helios Technologies, Inc. $HLIO

American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in Helios Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIO) by 17.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 70,549 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,733 shares during the quarter. American Century Companies Inc. owned about 0.21% of Helios Technologies worth $2,264,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in HLIO. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Helios Technologies by 133.3% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 29,715 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,326,000 after purchasing an additional 16,980 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC acquired a new position in Helios Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $638,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP raised its stake in Helios Technologies by 49.0% during the fourth quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 39,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,750,000 after acquiring an additional 12,889 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in Helios Technologies by 7.7% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 30,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,375,000 after acquiring an additional 2,208 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aquatic Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Helios Technologies by 148.8% during the fourth quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC now owns 3,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $167,000 after acquiring an additional 2,232 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

Helios Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ HLIO opened at $54.13 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.90 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a current ratio of 3.03, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. Helios Technologies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $24.76 and a 1-year high of $57.29. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $42.17 and its 200 day moving average is $35.66.

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.09. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 8.22% and a net margin of 4.57%.The company’s revenue was down 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.64 EPS. Helios Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.300-2.500 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.600-0.680 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Helios Technologies, Inc. will post 2.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Helios Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared 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 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 7th. Helios Technologies’s payout ratio is 34.62%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on HLIO. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Helios Technologies from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on Helios Technologies from $65.00 to $49.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $45.00 target price (up from $40.00) on shares of Helios Technologies in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, Helios Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $45.67.

Helios Technologies Company Profile

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.