TSMC’s Price Hikes Could Show Which AI Chip Stocks Have Real Pricing PowerAt its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco, Advanced Micro Devices NASDAQ: AMD laid out an expansive AI roadmap spanning data center racks, server CPUs, enterprise accelerators, developer software, personal AI systems and robotics platforms, while highlighting partnerships with major AI and enterprise customers.
AMD said AI demand is accelerating as usage shifts from training models to running them. The company said more than 35 quadrillion tokens are consumed each month, up nearly 160 times over two years, and estimated that roughly 60% of global AI compute capacity in 2026 will be used for inference. AMD also said agentic AI is driving a “step change” in compute demand because agents reason through multiple steps, call tools, access data and coordinate workloads.
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AMD’s $5 Billion Anthropic Deal Could Redraw the AI Chip BattleThe company updated its market outlook, saying it now expects the AI accelerator market to reach about $1.4 trillion by 2030. AMD also said it expects the server CPU market to grow from about $25 billion today to more than $200 billion by 2030, citing agentic AI as a new growth driver for CPUs.
AMD Launches Helios AI Rack AMD announced Helios, which it described as the “industry’s highest performance AI rack,” built around Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and Pensando networking. The company said the rack includes MI455 accelerators, Venice EPYC processors, Pensando DPUs and Vulcano AI NICs using the open Ultra Ethernet standard.
The 2026 Blueprint: 6 Stocks for a Brand New PortfolioAMD said Helios is in full production, with shipments on track to begin at the end of the third quarter and ramp in the fourth quarter. The company claimed Helios delivers 15% more compute, 50% more HBM4 memory capacity and bandwidth, and 50% more scale-out bandwidth than competing systems. It also said the rack delivers up to 30% more tokens per dollar than the competition.
Anthropic Co-founder and Chief Compute Officer Tom Brown joined the event and said Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of Helios. Brown said Anthropic’s evaluation of MI355X was faster than expected, saying one engineer connected the system to Claude and had it producing performance data over a weekend. Brown also said Claude is increasingly useful in software engineering and adjacent technical workloads such as design and layout.
OpenAI Head of Infrastructure Sachin Katti said OpenAI expects to deploy Helios at massive scale starting toward the end of the year and accelerating through 2027. Katti said OpenAI has been working side by side with AMD engineers to optimize software and run GPT-class workloads on Helios. He also said future AI infrastructure must be treated as a data-center-scale systems problem involving CPUs, GPUs, memory, networking, storage, power distribution and cooling.
Venice EPYC CPUs Target Agentic AI AMD also detailed Venice, its next-generation EPYC server CPU family built on Zen 6. The company said Venice is designed for the agentic era and delivers up to 1.8 times more performance than Turin, with support for up to 512 threads per socket. AMD said Venice is in full production, with major server OEMs and cloud providers expected to begin rolling out systems in the fourth quarter.
The company described several Venice variants, including Venice HF for AI host nodes, a 256-core EPYC Venice chip for agent sandboxes and a 128-core version for enterprise and general-purpose servers. AMD said it also plans Verano for AI host nodes and Venice-X for high-performance and technical computing workloads.
Meta Head of Infrastructure Santosh Janardhan said demand across inference, training, recommendation systems and content creation is growing rapidly. He said Meta is moving from optimizing individual servers to treating the data center as one integrated system involving servers, networking, cooling and power. Janardhan said Meta has worked with AMD across multiple EPYC generations and is also collaborating on accelerator deployments, including MI450.
ROCm AI and Enterprise Products Vamsi Boppana, AMD senior vice president of AI, introduced ROCm AI, an agentic AI platform intended to help developers build and optimize workloads for AMD GPUs through coding agents such as Cursor, Claude and Codex. Boppana said ROCm releases now go out every six weeks, compared with every four months previously, and said AMD has expanded support across open-source AI ecosystems including Hugging Face, PyTorch, JAX, vLLM and SGLang.
Boppana said ROCm AI includes HyperLoom, an AI-assisted optimization layer that can analyze workloads, tune configurations and iterate toward performance targets. In one example, he said ROCm AI produced a 38% tokens-per-second improvement for MiniMax M3 with vLLM on MI355s. Philippe Tillet, a researcher at OpenAI and creator of Triton, said OpenAI and AMD are collaborating across the software stack, including LLVM code generation, and said AMD’s open software approach has enabled performance gains that would be harder to achieve in a closed stack.
For enterprise AI, Dan McNamara, AMD senior vice president and general manager of compute and enterprise AI, announced the Instinct MI350P, an air-cooled GPU designed to fit within existing enterprise server power and cooling envelopes. AMD said a single MI350P can support up to 260 billion parameters and delivers more than four times the tokens per second per dollar than the competition.
AT&T Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Legg said AT&T is consuming more than 1 trillion tokens per month and has more than 100 GenAI models in production. He said AT&T has used AMD technology to train and post-train models, manage token costs and support open-source telecom AI models. Legg also announced OTel 2.0, an updated Open Telco AI model trained on AMD and made available through open source.
Personal AI, Robotics and Roadmap Jack Huynh, AMD senior vice president and general manager of the computing and graphics group, outlined AMD’s personal AI strategy, including Ryzen AI Halo and a new Gorgon Halo system with 192 gigabytes of unified memory and support for models up to 300 billion parameters. Huynh said AMD is expanding its partnership with Hugging Face and that later this year every Ryzen AI Halo box will include a full year of Hugging Face Pro.
Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel said enterprises will need management, security, observability and cost controls as inference spreads beyond data centers to desk-side systems. Patel said Cisco’s management apparatus for AMD Halo devices is in early availability for select customers and is expected to reach general availability in the U.S. in early fall.
AMD also introduced the Kria AI System-on-Module, powered by Ryzen AI Embedded X100, and a Kria AI robotics developer platform built on ROCm and ROS2. Huynh said the platform brings CPU, GPU, NPU and unified memory together for robotics workloads involving perception, reasoning and real-time control.
Looking ahead, AMD said it plans Florence EPYC CPUs with Zen 7 cores in 2028 and Ravenna with Zen 8 for 2030. On GPUs, AMD said MI500 will bring next-generation HBM, a larger scale-up domain and new copper and optical interconnects, while MI600 is in development for 2028. The company said customers should expect a new Helios system every year.
About Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)Advanced Micro Devices, Inc NASDAQ: AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company's product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.
Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.
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Stock to Watch: Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) Helios Technologies, Inc. is a global provider of highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technologies serving diversified end markets, including construction, material handling, agriculture, industrial and mobile equipment, energy, recreational marine, and health and wellness. The company sells in more than 90 countries through OEM relationships and value-added distributors. Its corporate headquarters are in Sarasota, FL.
HLIO is a #3 (Hold) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of B.
Additionally, the company could be a top pick for growth investors. HLIO has a Growth Style Score of B, forecasting year-over-year earnings growth of 13.3% for the current fiscal year.
Two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2026. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.01 to $2.90 per share. HLIO boasts an average earnings surprise of +15.7%.
With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, HLIO should be on investors' short list.
D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its stake in Helios Technologies, Inc (NYSE:HLIO – Free Report) by 26.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 30,980 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,493 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO. owned approximately 0.09% of Helios Technologies worth $2,005,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of HLIO. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Helios Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth $36,000. Quarry LP raised its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 948.6% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 1,053 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Helios Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $66,000. Kemnay Advisory Services Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Helios Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $104,000. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its position in shares of Helios Technologies by 14.1% in the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $158,000 after purchasing an additional 363 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.72% of the company’s stock.
Helios Technologies Trading Up 1.0% Shares of NYSE HLIO opened at $81.91 on Wednesday. Helios Technologies, Inc has a one year low of $34.95 and a one year high of $95.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.71 billion, a PE ratio of 45.00 and a beta of 1.25. 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 has a 50-day moving average price of $83.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $72.94.
Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.12. Helios Technologies had a net margin of 6.98% and a return on equity of 10.49%. The business had revenue of $228.40 million during the quarter. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.44 earnings per share. Helios Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts predict that Helios Technologies, Inc will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Helios Technologies Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Helios Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.37%.
Insider Activity at Helios Technologies In other news, insider Matteo Arduini sold 6,027 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.42, for a total transaction of $544,961.34. Following the transaction, 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,027 shares of company stock worth $1,134,121. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Helios Technologies from $89.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $81.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Helios Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. KeyCorp boosted 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. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Helios Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $93.25.
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About Helios Technologies (Free Report)
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.
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Milestone marks the on-schedule delivery of Phase I and Helios's transition to revenue generating operations, with Phase II development continuing on schedule
, /PRNewswire/ - Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) (the "Company" or "Galaxy"), a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, today announced that it has completed delivery of the first phase of power at its Helios data center campus ("Helios") in West Texas, delivering approximately 200 megawatts ("MW") of gross power — 133 MW of critical IT load — to CoreWeave under the Company's 15-year lease agreement. Phase I was delivered on schedule, with rent commencement under the Phase I lease beginning in the second quarter of 2026.
The completion marks Helios's transition from a large-scale construction project into a revenue-generating, AI-ready data center campus, and reflects Galaxy's ability to develop and deliver hyperscale AI infrastructure from concept through operations.
Greenfield development is underway on the 260 MW of critical IT Phase II build, with civil and structural work advancing and Phase II data hall deliveries expected to commence in the first half of 2027. Across Phases I through III, CoreWeave has committed to 526 MW of critical IT load — the full 800 MW of gross power currently approved and contracted at Helios — under 15-year leases that include two five-year extension options and are expected to generate more than $1 billion in average annual revenue.
"Completing Phase I on budget and on schedule affirms Galaxy's position as an operator capable of executing hyperscale AI data center development," said Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy. "Helios is now generating revenue across its entire 133 MW of IT load, and greenfield work on Phase II is already underway. The demand for high-density, AI-ready power is not a cycle; it is a structural shift, and Galaxy is built to meet it."
Helios remains a cornerstone of Galaxy's long-term data center strategy. Spanning more than 2,200 acres, the campus's total approved power capacity has expanded to 1.63 gigawatts ("GW"), with the potential to scale to as much as 3.6 GW. As demand for high-density, high-performance computing accelerates, access to reliable, scalable power has become the defining constraint for AI infrastructure, and the additional capacity materially extends Galaxy's development runway, anchoring the Company's mission to build a multi-campus, multi-tenant, multi-gigawatt data center platform designed to power the next generation of AI and high-performance computing workloads.
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Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, delivering solutions that accelerate progress in finance and artificial intelligence. Our digital assets platform offers institutional access to trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization technology. In addition, we develop and operate cutting-edge data center infrastructure to power AI and HPC workloads. Our 1.6 GW Helios campus in Texas positions Galaxy among the largest and fastest-growing data center developers in North America. The Company is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Additional information about Galaxy's businesses and products is available on www.galaxy.com.
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Most of us have heard the dictum "the trend is your friend." And this is undeniably the key to success when it comes to short-term investing or trading. But it isn't easy to ensure the sustainability of a trend and profit from it.
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There are several stocks that passed through the screen and Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) is one of them. Here are the key reasons why this stock is a solid choice for "trend" investing.
A solid price increase over a period of 12 weeks reflects investors' continued willingness to pay more for the potential upside in a stock. HLIO is quite a good fit in this regard, gaining 35.8% over this period.
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Key Takeaways VPG shares jumped 35.9% in four weeks as current-year earnings estimates rose 28.9% in 60 days. ASX, SNEX and HOFT posted strong recent gains alongside earnings growth expectations and estimate boosts.HLIO benefits from order growth, expanding markets, margin recovery and improving earnings estimates. U.S. stock markets have been witnessing an astonishing bull-run over the past three and half years, barring some intermittent fluctuations. All three major stock indexes, along with the mid-cap and small-cap benchmarks, are in positive territory. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite, are currently trading around their all-time highs.
As a result, several stocks have shown price strength. We have primarily targeted stocks that have recently been on a bull run. These stocks have a high chance of carrying the momentum forward.
Five such stocks are — Vishay Precision Group Inc. (VPG - Free Report) , ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. (ASX - Free Report) , StoneX Group Inc. (SNEX - Free Report) , Hooker Furnishings Corp. (HOFT - Free Report) and Helios Technologies Inc. (HLIO - Free Report) .
If a stock is continuously witnessing an uptrend, there must be a solid reason or it would have probably crashed. So, looking at stocks capable of beating the benchmark that they have set for themselves seems rational.
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Screening Parameters:Percentage Change in Price (4 Weeks) greater than zero: This criterion shows that the stock has moved higher in the last four weeks.
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Just these few criteria narrowed down the search from over 7,700 stocks to 15.
Let’s discuss five out of those 15 stocks here:
Vishay Precision Group is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of resistive foil technology products such as resistive sensors, weighing modules, and control systems for a wide variety of applications. VPG provides vertically integrated products and solutions for multiple growing markets in the areas of stress measurement, industrial weighing, and manufacturing process control.
VPG’s product portfolio includes: Bulk Metal foil resistors and sensors, strain gages and instruments, load cells, modules and PhotoStress products. VPG also provides systems to control process weighing in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical plants, force measurement systems used to control web tension in paper mills, roller force in steel mills, and cable tension in winch controls, on-board weighing systems installed in logging and waste-handling trucks, and special scale systems used for aircraft weighing and portable truck weighing.
The stock price of Vishay Precision Group has jumped 35.9% over the past four weeks. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 100% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 28.9% over the last 60 days.
ASE Technology is a provider of semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and testing. ASX operates through Packaging, Testing, and EMS. ASX operates primarily in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, the United States and Europe.
ASX develops and offers complete turnkey solutions covering front-end engineering testing, wafer probing and final testing as well as IC packaging, materials and electronic manufacturing services.
The stock price of ASE Technology has climbed 24.3% over the past four weeks. It has an expected earnings growth rate of 43.9% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year’s earnings has improved 6.5% over the last 60 days.
StoneX Group operates as a global financial services network that connects companies, organizations, traders, and investors to the market ecosystem worldwide. SNEX operates through Commercial, Institutional, Retail, and Global Payments segments. Through its subsidiaries, SNEX offers execution, post-trade settlement, clearing and custody services.
SNEX’s volatile operating backdrop continues to aid the company, with growth in client assets, average client funds, securities clearing, prime brokerage, digital assets and metals providing stable recurring income. SNEX’s broad product ecosystem, geographic reach, acquisitions, scaling equities and payments via automation and AI, and a large addressable market will support future growth.
The stock price of StoneX Group has surged 23.7% in the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 52.7% for the current year (ending September 2026). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year’s earnings has improved 8.2% over the last 30 days.
Hooker Furnishings is a leading manufacturer and importer of residential furniture, primarily targeted at the upper-medium price range. HOFT offers diversified products, consisting primarily of home office, entertainment centers, imported occasional, bedroom, and wall systems, across many style categories within this price range. HOFT operates through Hooker Branded, Domestic Upholstery, and All Other segments.
The stock price of Hooker Furnishings has rallied 21% in the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of more than 100% for the current year (ending January 2027). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year’s earnings has improved 16.4% over the last seven days.
Helios Technologies is benefiting from sustained order momentum, expanding market reach and improving profitability. HLIO has delivered double-digit order growth for more than a year, with backlog also rising. Growth across both Hydraulics and Electronics segments is being driven by infrastructure-related demand, OEM strength and recovery in select end markets.
New product launches are broadening HLIO’s addressable markets, including newer applications such as data center thermal management. At the same time, margin recovery is gaining traction through volume leverage and operational efficiencies. HLIO’s solid cash generation and lower leverage provide flexibility to invest, pursue selective acquisitions and enhance shareholder returns.
The stock price of Helios Technologies has advanced 16.1% over the past four weeks. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 12.9% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 5.5% over the last 60 days.
SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helios Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: HLIO) (“Helios” or the “Company”), a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology, announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per common share. Helios has declared consecutive quarterly dividends to its stockholders for over 29 years, beginning with the first quarter of 1997.
The dividend will be payable on July 24, 2026, to stockholders of record as of July 10, 2026. Helios Technologies has approximately 33.0 million shares of common stock outstanding.
About Helios Technologies
Helios Technologies is a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology, providing premium products that ensure safety, reliability, and seamless connectivity to diverse end markets including agriculture, construction, data centers, energy, health and wellness, industrial, marine, material handling, and recreational vehicles. Helios sells its products to customers in over 80 countries around the world. Its strategy is to be a diversified, customer-centric global enterprise distinguished by innovation, operational speed, and a high-performance culture. The Company has paid a cash dividend to its shareholders every quarter since becoming a public company in 1997. For more information please visit: www.heliostechnologies.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Investors interested in Industrial Products stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Industrial Products peers, we might be able to answer that question.
Helios Technologies is a member of our Industrial Products group, which includes 181 different companies and currently sits at #5 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.
The Zacks Rank emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find stocks with improving earnings outlooks. This system has a long record of success, and these stocks tend to be on track to beat the market over the next one to three months. Helios Technologies is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).
Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for HLIO's full-year earnings has moved 4% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.
According to our latest data, HLIO has moved about 69.2% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Industrial Products stocks have gained an average of 21.6%. This shows that Helios Technologies is outperforming its peers so far this year.
One other Industrial Products stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year is Luxfer (LXFR - Free Report) . The stock is up 41% year-to-date.
The consensus estimate for Luxfer's current year EPS has increased 10% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Looking more specifically, Helios Technologies belongs to the Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, which includes 41 individual stocks and currently sits at #78 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 11.1% this year, meaning that HLIO is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns. Luxfer is also part of the same industry.
Investors with an interest in Industrial Products stocks should continue to track Helios Technologies and Luxfer. These stocks will be looking to continue their solid performance.
Helios Towers upgraded its 2026 outlook, driven by robust tenancy growth and accelerating demand from mobile network operators. Revenue rose 12% year-on-year to $229 million, with Adjusted EBITDA up 14% to $127 million, highlighting strong operating leverage. Helios benefits from approximately $5.3 billion of contracted future revenue, an average remaining contract duration of nearly seven years, and an expanding pipeline across key markets including the Democratic Republic.
When it comes to short-term investing or trading, they say "the trend is your friend." And there's no denying that this is the most profitable strategy. But making sure of the sustainability of a trend to profit from it is easier said than done.
Often, the direction of a stock's price movement reverses quickly after taking a position in it, making investors incur a short-term capital loss. So, it's important to ensure that there are enough factors -- such as sound fundamentals, positive earnings estimate revisions, etc. -- that could keep the momentum in the stock going.
Investors looking to make a profit from stocks that are currently on the move may find our "Recent Price Strength" screen pretty useful. This predefined screen comes handy in spotting stocks that are on an uptrend backed by strength in their fundamentals, and trading in the upper portion of their 52-week high-low range, which is usually an indicator of bullishness.
There are several stocks that passed through the screen and Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) is one of them. Here are the key reasons why this stock is a solid choice for "trend" investing.
A solid price increase over a period of 12 weeks reflects investors' continued willingness to pay more for the potential upside in a stock. HLIO is quite a good fit in this regard, gaining 34.3% over this period.
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Moreover, HLIO is currently trading at 96.2% of its 52-week High-Low Range, hinting that it can be on the verge of a breakout.
Looking at the fundamentals, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), which means it is in the top 5% of more than the 4,000 stocks that we rank based on trends in earnings estimate revisions and EPS surprises -- the key factors that impact a stock's near-term price movements.
The Zacks Rank stock-rating system, which uses four factors related to earnings estimates to classify stocks into five groups, ranging from Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) to Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive externally-audited track record, with Zacks Rank #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>
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Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) reported $228.4 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.8%. EPS of $0.80 for the same period compares to $0.44 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.83% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $219.99 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.68, the EPS surprise was +18.22%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Helios Technologies performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Net Sales- Electronics: $89.2 million versus $86.14 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +29.1% change.Net Sales- Hydraulics: $139.2 million compared to the $134.04 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.1% year over year.Operating income (loss)- Hydraulics: $23.4 million versus $22.48 million estimated by two analysts on average.Operating income (loss)- Corporate and other: $-7.7 million versus $-8.04 million estimated by two analysts on average.Operating income (loss)- Electronics: $14.2 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $12.06 million.View all Key Company Metrics for Helios Technologies here>>>
Shares of Helios Technologies have returned -4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
Helios Technologies (HLIO) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.8 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.68 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.44 per share a year ago.
Key Takeaways Helios Q1 EPS surged 82% and beat estimates, while revenues increased 17% year over year.HLIO saw strong demand in recreational, mobile, agriculture and industrial markets.Margins expanded on higher volume and efficiencies as Helios raised its quarterly dividend. Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO - Free Report) reported strong first-quarter 2026 performance, driven by broad-based demand and improved profitability. Adjusted earnings were 80 cents per share, up 82% year over year, and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68 cents by 17.6%.
Top-Line DetailsRevenues came in at $228.4 million, up 17% year over year, and topped the consensus mark of $220 million by 3.8%. On a non-GAAP basis, Helios also emphasized that sales grew 23% on a pro forma basis, reflecting the divestiture of Custom Fluidpower (“CFP”) and the impact of foreign exchange.
Reported sales were weighted to the Americas, with EMEA and APAC also contributing meaningful shares of revenues. The top line exceeded expectations as both business segments contributed and geographic performance remained diversified.
Electronics segment’s sales increased 29% year over year to $89.2 million, supported by strong demand across recreational and mobile markets, along with stability in health and wellness, food service, commercial and industrial markets. Segment gross margin improved 170 bps to 34.3%, while operating income rose 78% to $14.2 million.
Hydraulics segment’s sales rose 10% to $139.2 million, driven by strength in mobile and agriculture markets. On a pro forma basis, excluding the Custom Fluidpower divestiture, Hydraulics growth was higher. Segment gross margin increased 220 bps to 31.8%, and operating income rose 34% to $23.4 million,
Margin PerformanceGross profit rose 25%, with the gross margin expanding 220 basis points to 32.8%, supported by higher volumes, segment mix and cost efficiencies. Operating income increased 75.9% to $29.9 million, with operating margin improving 440 basis points (bps) to 13.1%.
Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 310 bps year over year to 20.4%, reflecting benefits from higher volume, segment mix and operating leverage, while management also highlighted record first-quarter operating cash generation.
Balance Sheet and Cash FlowIn the first three months of 2026, Helios generated net cash of $23.9 million from operating activities compared with $19 million in the year-ago period. Capital expenditure totaled $6.7 million in the same period, up 9.8% year over year. Free cash flow was $17 million in the quarter.
Exiting first-quarter 2026, the company had total debt of $348.5 million, down from $367.1 million at the end of fourth-quarter 2025. Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA improved to 1.6x compared with 1.8x in the previous quarter, underscoring continued progress on deleveraging. Helios exited the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $64.2 million compared with $73 million at the end of 2025.
Concurrent with the earnings release, the company hiked its quarterly dividend by 33% to 12 cents per share. The company also paid its 117th consecutive quarterly dividend and repurchased 70,000 shares for $4.6 million during the first quarter.
GuidanceFor 2026, Helios expects revenues in the range of $840-$870 million, implying growth of 6-10% year over year. The company projects an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.5-21.0% and non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.75-$3.00.
For second-quarter 2026, the company issued an outlook calling for revenues of $227-$232 million, adjusted EBITDA margin of 20.0-21.0% and adjusted earnings of 78-83 cents per share.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to ConsiderThe company currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Some better-ranked stocks from the same space are discussed below:
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RBC Bearings Incorporated (RBC - Free Report) presently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). RBC Bearings’ earnings surpassed the consensus estimate in each of the trailing four quarters. The average earnings surprise was 5.3%. In the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for RBC Bearings’ fiscal 2026 earnings has inched down 0.2%.
Nordson Corporation (NDSN - Free Report) currently carries a Zacks Rank of 2. Nordson’s earnings topped the consensus estimate in each of the trailing four quarters. The average earnings surprise was 2.5%. In the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Nordson’s fiscal 2026 earnings has increased 0.5%.
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On May 13, 2026, Helios Technologies Inc HLIO shares fell 3.1% to a current price of $75.16. The stock is trading within a 52-week range of $28.79 to $80.00, reflecting significant volatility over the past year.
GF Value™ verdict indicates HLIO is 49.4% overvalued, with a fair value of $50.31. GF Score™ of 81/100 suggests a strong overall performance relative to peers. No insider transactions have occurred in the last 3 months, indicating stable insider sentiment. Is HLIO Overvalued or Undervalued? The current trading price of Helios Technologies at $75.16 significantly exceeds the GF Value™ estimate of $50.31, marking the stock as 49.4% overvalued. This disparity suggests that investors may be pricing in future growth potential that may not be fully supported by the company's current fundamentals. Given that the GF Valuation label categorizes HLIO as significantly overvalued, this poses a risk for potential investors, as the price could face downward pressure if market sentiment shifts or if the company fails to meet growth expectations.
GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure of intrinsic value, calculated from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. The substantial gap between the current price and the GF Value™ indicates a lack of margin of safety for new investments, as the stock appears to be overextended at its present valuation.
How Does HLIO's Valuation Compare to Its History? Metric Current Historical P/E (TTM) 41.3x 34.4x Forward P/E 28.2x N/A Helios Technologies' current P/E ratio of 41.3x exceeds its 5-year median of 34.4x by 20%, indicating that the stock is trading above its historical valuation levels. This P/E analysis aligns with the GF Value™ verdict, reinforcing the view that HLIO is currently overvalued.
What Does HLIO's GF Score™ Tell Us? Metric Rating GF Score™ 81 Financial Strength 6/10 Profitability 8/10 Growth 6/10 Valuation 3/10 Momentum 9/10 The GF Score™ of 81/100 signifies that Helios Technologies is performing well relative to its peers, particularly in terms of profitability (8/10) and momentum (9/10). However, its valuation score of 3/10 raises concerns about its current pricing relative to intrinsic value, indicating that despite strong operational performance, the stock may be overpriced.
What Are Insiders Doing with HLIO Stock? There have been no insider transactions in the last three months for Helios Technologies. This lack of activity may suggest that insiders believe the stock is fairly valued at its current price or that they are not concerned about immediate changes in valuation. A lack of buying or selling can often indicate stability, but it may also reflect a cautious stance among insiders regarding the stock's future performance.
What This Means for Investors Based on the analysis of the GF Value™, Helios Technologies Inc HLIO is currently overvalued. The significant gap between its market price and intrinsic value suggests that investors should exercise caution. The stock may not offer a sound entry point at this time, given the potential risks associated with high valuation levels.
For the complete analysis, visit the Helios Technologies Inc HLIO stock page. You can also explore the GF Value™ page for detailed valuation methodology, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find similar opportunities.
Frequently Asked Questions What is HLIO's GF Score™?
HLIO has a GF Score™ of 81, indicating a strong performance relative to peers, particularly in profitability and momentum.
Is HLIO overvalued or undervalued?
HLIO is currently overvalued, with a GF Value™ estimate of $50.31 compared to its current price of $75.16.
What is HLIO's P/E ratio?
HLIO's P/E ratio is 41.3x, which is significantly higher than its 5-year median of 34.4x, indicating that the stock is trading above its historical valuation.
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For those looking to find strong Industrial Products stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Has Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Industrial Products sector should help us answer this question.
Helios Technologies is one of 181 individual stocks in the Industrial Products sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #3 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different sector groups. The average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups is measured, and the sectors are listed from best to worst.
The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Helios Technologies is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for HLIO's full-year earnings has moved 6% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.
Our latest available data shows that HLIO has returned about 44% since the start of the calendar year. At the same time, Industrial Products stocks have gained an average of 12.9%. This shows that Helios Technologies is outperforming its peers so far this year.
Luxfer (LXFR - Free Report) is another Industrial Products stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 14.3%.
The consensus estimate for Luxfer's current year EPS has increased 2.8% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Looking more specifically, Helios Technologies belongs to the Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, a group that includes 41 individual stocks and currently sits at #93 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 2.6% so far this year, so HLIO is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns. Luxfer is also part of the same industry.
Helios Technologies and Luxfer could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Industrial Products stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.
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Stock to Watch: Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) Helios Technologies, Inc. is a global provider of highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technologies serving diversified end markets, including construction, material handling, agriculture, industrial and mobile equipment, energy, recreational marine, and health and wellness. The company sells in more than 90 countries through OEM relationships and value-added distributors. Its corporate headquarters are in Sarasota, FL.
HLIO is a #2 (Buy) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of B.
Momentum investors should take note of this Industrial Products stock. HLIO has a Momentum Style Score of A, and shares are up 11.7% over the past four weeks.
For fiscal 2026, three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.11 to $2.89 per share. HLIO boasts an average earnings surprise of +15.7%.
With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, HLIO should be on investors' short list.
Helios Technologies (HLIO) is at a 52-week high, but can investors hope for more gains in the future? We take a look at the company's fundamentals for clues.
Helios Technologies (HLIO) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
Investors interested in Industrial Products stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Industrial Products sector should help us answer this question.
Helios Technologies is one of 181 individual stocks in the Industrial Products sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #4 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group.
The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. Helios Technologies is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for HLIO's full-year earnings has moved 4% higher within the past quarter. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.
Based on the latest available data, HLIO has gained about 56.1% so far this year. At the same time, Industrial Products stocks have gained an average of 16.1%. This means that Helios Technologies is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.
Another Industrial Products stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Luxfer (LXFR - Free Report) . The stock has returned 29.8% year-to-date.
For Luxfer, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 10% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Looking more specifically, Helios Technologies belongs to the Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, a group that includes 41 individual stocks and currently sits at #72 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 3.6% this year, meaning that HLIO is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns. Luxfer is also part of the same industry.
Going forward, investors interested in Industrial Products stocks should continue to pay close attention to Helios Technologies and Luxfer as they could maintain their solid performance.
