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Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

$AEIS·$13B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$272.82-5.0%YTD+58.3%1Y+86.7%
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$AEISAdvanced Energy Industries, Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $AEIS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-20

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Semi-cap power-supplier riding the AI-data-center capex wave — Q2 beat but the tape has bulls and shorts fighting it out.

Advanced Energy Industries makes precision power conversion, thermal solutions, and control products — used primarily in semiconductor manufacturing equipment (its largest end-market), plus industrial, medical, and telecom applications. The stock is up 96% over the last year on a combination of semi-cap upcycle plus AI-data-center power-conversion demand.

  • Revenue growth has been reaccelerating steadily: Q1 revenue grew 26% year-on-year to $511M after four consecutive quarters of double-digit growth — the semi-cap capex cycle is genuinely turning up, driven by TSMC/Samsung/Intel node ramps and lagging-edge capacity buildout.
  • Q2 was a clean beat: EPS of $2.74 beat consensus by 24%, and the FY26 consensus of $9.42 EPS puts the forward multiple at 31x — high but supported by the growth cadence, particularly if the FY28 consensus of $16.29 (implying 30%+ CAGR) plays out.
  • The tape has a real short-vs-long fight: X sentiment shows shorts opening at $339.50 with a $206 target while bulls anchor on the semi-cap earnings-beat cohort (AEIS/UCTT/ICHR) — both sides have credible pieces, which is why volume is elevated but the price is coiling.

Trajectory is coiling below the 50-day with the beat-vs-short debate active; the Nov 3 Q3 print needs another beat with reaffirmed strength in semi-cap and continued data-center commentary — a soft semi-cap order signal or a data-center customer pushout resolves this to the downside toward the short's $206 target.

Agrees with X sentimentX sentiment is genuinely mixed — the bull framing on semi-cap beat-cohort strength (UCTT/ICHR) and the bear framing on shorts opening at $339.50 with a $206 target are both credible pieces of the same setup. The tape is coiling exactly because these views are unresolved, and the Nov 3 print is the fundamental tiebreaker.

What to watch: Nov 3 Q3 earnings — another EPS beat with reaffirmed semi-cap strength plus data-center commentary sustains the multiple; a soft semi-cap order signal or a data-center customer pushout resolves the coil toward the $206 short-target.

On the calendar: 2026-11-03 — Q3 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment⚠40 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-11 · top-engagement diverged

Advanced Energy chatter is split — bulls note AEIS in the semi-cap earnings beat cohort with 2027/28 estimates needing upward revisions, alongside UCTT/ICHR strength; bears open new short positions at $339.50 and downgrade AEIS to Sell with a $206 target. Sentiment is genuinely divided.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes precision power conversion systems for semiconductor etch and deposition equipment and industrial manufacturing.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AEIS.

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

AI server infrastructure buildout drives compute shipment volumes; Dell and HPE are riding the same hyperscaler capex wave that lifted NVDA. Non-AI commercial refresh remains soft, so the bull case is concentrated in AI infrastructure exposure.

What this means for $AEIS

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$SOXXiShares Semiconductor ETF
+75.7%YTD
+101.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
58.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
9.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
11.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
5.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
14.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
38.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$2.74$2.21+24.0%
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$2.09$1.97+6.1%
Q4 2025Feb 10, 2026$1.94$1.77+9.6%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$1.74$1.47+18.4%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $3.04

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$511.0M+26.3%39.3%13.9%$1.77$-42.6M
Q4 FY25$489.4M+17.8%39.4%13.1%$1.39$44.9M
Q3 FY25$463.3M+23.8%38.8%10.6%$1.23$48.9M
Q2 FY25$441.5M+21.0%37.0%7.2%$0.67$17.1M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 9 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.2B$2.2B – $2.4B$9.42$9.06 – $9.819
FY27$2.7B$2.4B – $3.1B$12.29$8.67 – $14.729
FY28$3.3B$2.9B – $3.8B$16.29$14.44 – $18.134

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.51%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-12.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-8.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 39.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.325-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 27Vonne Elizabeth KarpinskiEVP, General Counsel907 sh$263KSellAug 18Acebedo Eduardo BernalCOO24.8K sh$7.8MSellAug 18Vonne Elizabeth KarpinskiEVP, General Counsel908 sh$302KSellAug 5Anne DelsantoDirector270 sh$93KSellJun 15Brian ShirleyDirector1.2K sh$459KSellApr 16Vonne Elizabeth KarpinskiEVP, General Counsel966 sh$357KSellApr 15Anne DelsantoDirector240 sh$91KSellMar 18Paul R OldhamCFO4.3K sh$1.4MSellMar 16Anne DelsantoDirector240 sh$75KSellMar 13Brian ShirleyDirector1.2K sh$383K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationJun 10S-3ASR
AI summary

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. filed an automatic shelf registration statement (S-3ASR) on June 10, 2026, registering an unspecified amount of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants, purchase contracts, purchase units, and units for sale by the company or selling stockholders from time to time. As a large accelerated filer, the shelf is effective immediately upon filing. This is an evergreen financing shelf with no immediate dilution — it simply preserves capital-raise optionality.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 188-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale
AI summary

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (AEIS) completed a $1.15 billion private offering of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 on May 18, 2026, including full exercise of the $150 million initial purchasers' overallotment option. The notes were issued under an Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company as trustee, bear no regular cash interest, and mature on May 15, 2031. This is a large zero-coupon convertible debt offering — non-cash financing in the near term but potentially significantly dilutive upon conversion; the $1.15B raise materially expands the balance sheet of this power conversion semiconductor company.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 88-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

AEIS disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-05-08). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

+ 23 other (9 13Gs · 3 routine 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Wall Street Analysts Predict a 54.39% Upside in Advanced Energy (AEIS): Here's What You Should Knowzacks.com·5d agoCallan Family Office LLC Makes New Investment in Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. $AEISdefenseworld.net·6d agoDais (OTCMKTS:DLYT) versus Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) Financial Reviewdefenseworld.net·18d agoAdvanced Energy Industries (AEIS) Is Up 12.26% in One Week: What You Should Knowzacks.com·19d agoEarnings Estimates Moving Higher for Advanced Energy (AEIS): Time to Buy?zacks.com·21d ago

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