Inspire Investing LLC Increases Stock Position in IPG Photonics Corporation $IPGP

Inspire Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP) by 10.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,027 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 644 shares during the quarter. Inspire Investing LLC’s holdings in IPG Photonics were worth $482,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 4.8% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,274 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $311,000 after buying an additional 194 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 7,604.8% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 12,944 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $817,000 after buying an additional 12,776 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 107.5% in the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 635 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 329 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 19.6% in the first quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 272,454 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $17,203,000 after buying an additional 44,712 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI boosted its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 3.3% in the first quarter. Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI now owns 78,501 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,957,000 after buying an additional 2,505 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at IPG Photonics

In other news, major shareholder Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 52,320 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.71, for a total value of $4,222,747.20. Following the transaction, the insider owned 7,073,279 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $570,884,348.09. The trade was a 0.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Eugene A. Scherbakov sold 2,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.81, for a total transaction of $220,887.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 70,130 shares in the company, valued at $5,737,335.30. This trade represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 139,585 shares of company stock valued at $11,354,053. 39.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

IPG Photonics Trading Down 6.9%

NASDAQ IPGP opened at $80.68 on Monday. IPG Photonics Corporation has a 12 month low of $48.59 and a 12 month high of $90.29. The stock has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.47, a PEG ratio of 22.37 and a beta of 0.98. The company’s 50 day moving average is $80.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $70.74.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.20. IPG Photonics had a negative net margin of 22.77% and a positive return on equity of 2.25%. The firm had revenue of $250.72 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $228.20 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.45 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. IPG Photonics has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.050-0.350 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that IPG Photonics Corporation will post 1.54 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on IPGP shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of IPG Photonics in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of IPG Photonics from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $97.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Roth Capital set a $96.00 target price on shares of IPG Photonics and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of IPG Photonics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $78.50.

IPG Photonics Profile

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.