Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) Downgraded by Wall Street Zen to Buy

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a report published on Saturday.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on HLIO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Helios Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Helios Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of Helios Technologies from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Helios Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Helios Technologies from $81.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $93.25.

Helios Technologies Trading Up 1.4%

Helios Technologies stock opened at $83.43 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.86, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $83.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $74.70. Helios Technologies has a 12 month low of $47.01 and a 12 month high of $95.05. The company has a market capitalization of $2.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.84 and a beta of 1.27.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $228.40 million during the quarter. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 10.49% and a net margin of 6.98%.Helios Technologies’s revenue was up 16.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.44 earnings per share. Helios Technologies has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.780-0.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.750-3.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Helios Technologies will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Helios Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. Helios Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.37%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Matteo Arduini sold 6,027 shares of Helios Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.42, for a total value of $544,961.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,317 shares in the company, valued at $1,023,283.14. The trade was a 34.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 13,027 shares of company stock worth $1,134,121. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Helios Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $231,414,000. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 114.9% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,997,527 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,848,000 after buying an additional 1,067,846 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,626,796 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,806,000 after buying an additional 55,206 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of Helios Technologies by 30.1% in the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 1,035,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,038,000 after acquiring an additional 239,876 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings 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 worth $31,113,000 after acquiring an additional 68,182 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.72% of the company’s stock.

Helios Technologies Company Profile

Helios Technologies, Inc develops and manufactures engineered motion control and electronic control products for a wide range of industrial and mobile equipment applications. The company’s Hydraulics segment designs and produces hydraulic cartridge valves, manifold systems, pumps and motors, filtration solutions and off-highway joysticks. Its Electronic Controls segment offers programmable electronic control units, wireless telematics, human-machine interfaces and software to optimize performance, efficiency and safety for equipment OEMs and end users.

Through its global network of manufacturing facilities, service centers and technology centers, Helios Technologies serves markets in agriculture, construction, material handling, mining, municipal and recreational vehicles, as well as industrial automation and infrastructure equipment.