Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Boosts Position in Helios Technologies, Inc. $HLIO

Ceredex Value Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Helios Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIO) by 19.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 417,950 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 67,450 shares during the period. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC owned approximately 1.26% of Helios Technologies worth $13,947,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Helios Technologies by 3.4% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 789,981 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,365,000 after purchasing an additional 26,098 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Helios Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $21,036,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 7.8% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 429,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,794,000 after buying an additional 30,961 shares during the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Helios Technologies by 1,593.9% in the 1st quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 344,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,055,000 after buying an additional 324,167 shares during the period. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 19,825.2% in the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 261,220 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,717,000 after buying an additional 259,909 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $65.00 price target on Helios Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Helios Technologies from $61.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $59.33.

Helios Technologies Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of HLIO opened at $53.99 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.78 and a beta of 1.33. Helios Technologies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $24.76 and a 12 month high of $58.80. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $53.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.08. 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 (NASDAQ:HLIO) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 3rd. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.06. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 8.22% and a net margin of 4.57%.During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.59 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Helios Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.670-0.740 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.430-2.500 EPS. Analysts predict that Helios Technologies, Inc. will post 2.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Helios Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 7th were paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 7th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Helios Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 35.64%.

Helios Technologies 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.