Zacks Research Lifts Earnings Estimates for IPG Photonics

IPG Photonics Co. (NASDAQ:IPGP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for IPG Photonics in a report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the semiconductor company will earn $1.42 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $1.37. The consensus estimate for IPG Photonics’ current full-year earnings is $1.54 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for IPG Photonics’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.91 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.47 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on IPGP. CL King upgraded shares of IPG Photonics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $76.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Citigroup cut their target price on IPG Photonics from $62.00 to $60.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of IPG Photonics in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on IPG Photonics from $100.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.40.

IPG Photonics Price Performance

NASDAQ:IPGP opened at $53.40 on Wednesday. IPG Photonics has a one year low of $48.59 and a one year high of $92.21. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $61.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.66. The company has a market cap of $2.27 billion, a PE ratio of -12.78 and a beta of 0.97.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The semiconductor company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by ($0.05). IPG Photonics had a negative net margin of 18.58% and a positive return on equity of 2.98%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On IPG Photonics

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of IPG Photonics by 14.7% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,352,246 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $98,335,000 after acquiring an additional 173,584 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its stake in IPG Photonics by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,069,193 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $77,751,000 after buying an additional 9,852 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its stake in IPG Photonics by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 999,649 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $72,694,000 after buying an additional 28,606 shares during the period. Baillie Gifford & Co. boosted its holdings in IPG Photonics by 34.0% in the fourth quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 375,546 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,310,000 after acquiring an additional 95,199 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in IPG Photonics by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 369,620 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,879,000 after acquiring an additional 19,307 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.79% of the company’s stock.

About IPG Photonics

IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells various high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in various applications primarily in materials processing worldwide. Its laser products include hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers; and high-power optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, chillers, scanners, and other accessories.