Robert W. Baird Raises Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) Price Target to $85.00

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) had its target price hoisted by stock analysts at Robert W. Baird from $81.00 to $85.00 in a report released on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Robert W. Baird’s price objective points to a potential upside of 9.57% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Helios Technologies from $76.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen raised Helios Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, March 7th. KeyCorp increased their price target on Helios Technologies from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. assumed coverage on Helios Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $80.00 price target for the company. Finally, Zacks Research cut Helios Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Helios Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $82.50.

Helios Technologies Trading Up 14.1%

Shares of HLIO stock opened at $77.58 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $67.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $62.93. The company has a market cap of $2.56 billion, a PE ratio of 42.63 and a beta of 1.23. Helios Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $28.79 and a fifty-two week high of $80.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 2.90.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $228.40 million for the quarter. Helios Technologies had a return on equity of 10.54% and a net margin of 6.98%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.44 EPS. 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. Equities analysts predict that Helios Technologies will post 2.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of HLIO. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in shares of Helios Technologies by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 89,391 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,868,000 after acquiring an additional 556 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its position in Helios Technologies by 4.6% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 19,771 shares of the company’s stock worth $634,000 after purchasing an additional 862 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in Helios Technologies by 14.2% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 143,810 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,615,000 after purchasing an additional 17,914 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its position in Helios Technologies by 14.6% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 70,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,276,000 after purchasing an additional 9,041 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in Helios Technologies by 198.2% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 56,606 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,816,000 after purchasing an additional 37,624 shares during the last quarter. 94.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.