Halter Ferguson Financial Inc. Has $7.54 Million Holdings in Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR)

Halter Ferguson Financial Inc. lowered its stake in Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) by 9.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 453,536 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 45,635 shares during the quarter. Aehr Test Systems makes up approximately 3.1% of Halter Ferguson Financial Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Halter Ferguson Financial Inc. owned 1.53% of Aehr Test Systems worth $7,542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 18.1% in the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 13,256 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $220,000 after buying an additional 2,032 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Aehr Test Systems in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $272,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 89,631 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,491,000 after buying an additional 7,680 shares during the period. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC increased its stake in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 59.1% in the fourth quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC now owns 634,391 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,550,000 after buying an additional 235,625 shares during the period. Finally, Baillie Gifford & Co. increased its position in Aehr Test Systems by 12.0% during the 4th quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 2,023,559 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,652,000 after purchasing an additional 216,710 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.69% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com raised shares of Aehr Test Systems to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd.

Aehr Test Systems Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AEHR opened at $9.77 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $290.29 million, a PE ratio of 13.03 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.68. Aehr Test Systems has a fifty-two week low of $7.92 and a fifty-two week high of $21.44.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 13th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by ($0.02). Aehr Test Systems had a return on equity of 21.09% and a net margin of 43.41%. Research analysts predict that Aehr Test Systems will post 0.1 EPS for the current year.

Aehr Test Systems Company Profile

Aehr Test Systems provides test solutions for testing, burning-in, and semiconductor devices in wafer level, singulated die, and package part form, and installed systems worldwide. Its product portfolio includes FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems that are full wafer contact and singulated die/module test and burn-in systems that can test, burn-in, and stabilize range of devices, including silicon carbide-based and other power semiconductors, 2D and 3D sensors used in mobile phones, tablets and other computing devices, memory semiconductors, processors, microcontrollers, systems-on-a-chip, and photonics and integrated optical devices.