Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) Reaches New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Shares of Helios Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIO) reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as $61.33 and last traded at $60.6050, with a volume of 75850 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $60.59.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HLIO has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $65.00 price target on shares of Helios Technologies in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Helios Technologies from $61.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $59.33.

Helios Technologies Stock Down 0.6%

The company has a market cap of $2.04 billion, a PE ratio of 54.42 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 3.03 and a quick ratio of 1.54. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $55.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.73.

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 3rd. The company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 period last year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Helios Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.670-0.740 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 2.430-2.500 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Helios Technologies, Inc. will post 2.06 earnings per share for the current year.

Helios Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 7th will be given a $0.09 dividend. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 7th. Helios Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.64%.

Institutional Trading of Helios Technologies

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of HLIO. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Helios Technologies by 3.5% in the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,626,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,806,000 after purchasing an additional 55,206 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in Helios Technologies by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,530,525 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,787,000 after acquiring an additional 112,213 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 7.9% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 932,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,113,000 after purchasing an additional 68,182 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP increased its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 5.4% during the third quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 854,711 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,556,000 after acquiring an additional 43,567 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Helios Technologies by 3.4% in the 2nd 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

Helios Technologies Company Profile

Helios Technologies, Inc is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of highly engineered motion and electronic controls solutions. Headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, the company serves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across mobile and industrial end markets, including agriculture, construction, material handling, oil and gas, and renewable energy. Established in 2018 through a carve-out of established hydraulic and electronic control businesses, Helios has rapidly built scale through strategic acquisitions, broadening its product portfolio and geographic reach.

The company’s Motion Technologies segment offers a comprehensive suite of hydraulic products, including gear pumps, piston pumps and motors, directional and proportional valves, cylinders, reservoirs, filtration systems and accumulators.