EP Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases Shares of 7,077 Helios Technologies, Inc. $HLIO

EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Helios Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIO) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 7,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $227,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of HLIO. KBC Group NV acquired a new position in shares of Helios Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. Quarry LP increased its holdings in Helios Technologies by 406.4% during the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 821 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its position in Helios Technologies by 7,183.3% in the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 1,293 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Helios Technologies by 2,361.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,653 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,000 after purchasing an additional 4,464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Helios Technologies by 49.0% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 9,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $418,000 after purchasing an additional 3,081 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

Helios Technologies Trading Down 2.3%

HLIO stock opened at $54.02 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 3.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. Helios Technologies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $24.76 and a twelve month high of $57.29. The company has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.80 and a beta of 1.30. The business has a fifty day moving average of $44.70 and a 200-day moving average of $36.27.

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.09. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 8.22% and a net margin of 4.57%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Helios Technologies, Inc. will post 2.06 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Helios Technologies from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Helios Technologies from $45.00 to $61.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $51.00.

About Helios Technologies

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.