Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.000-2.400 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.290. The company issued revenue guidance of $775.0 million-$825.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $810.0 million.

Helios Technologies Price Performance

Shares of HLIO stock opened at $41.60 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $46.16. Helios Technologies has a one year low of $38.52 and a one year high of $57.29. The company has a market capitalization of $1.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.82 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 3.03 and a quick ratio of 1.54.

Helios Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were given a $0.09 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.87%. Helios Technologies’s payout ratio is presently 31.86%.

Helios Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, February 24th that allows the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Helios Technologies from $63.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th.

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.