IPG Photonics Corporation $IPGP Shares Purchased by Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI

Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI raised its position in IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP) by 14.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 96,604 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,020 shares during the quarter. Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI’s holdings in IPG Photonics were worth $6,917,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in IPG Photonics by 20.9% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 39,024 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,541,000 after buying an additional 6,741 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 87,469 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,523,000 after acquiring an additional 744 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 79.4% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 122,105 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,710,000 after acquiring an additional 54,026 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of IPG Photonics by 8.9% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,813 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $124,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lifted its stake in IPG Photonics by 7.5% during the second quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 6,776 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $465,000 after purchasing an additional 470 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.79% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial downgraded IPG Photonics from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the company from $97.00 to $180.00 in a report on Friday, February 13th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of IPG Photonics from $92.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Roth Mkm upped their target price on shares of IPG Photonics from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of IPG Photonics in a research report on Wednesday, December 10th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of IPG Photonics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $131.40.

IPG Photonics Trading Up 5.5%

IPGP stock opened at $125.70 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $113.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $92.24. The company has a market capitalization of $5.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 169.86, a PEG ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 0.95. IPG Photonics Corporation has a twelve month low of $48.59 and a twelve month high of $155.82.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The semiconductor company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.21. IPG Photonics had a net margin of 3.10% and a return on equity of 2.89%. The firm had revenue of $274.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $249.58 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.18 EPS. IPG Photonics’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.2% on a year-over-year basis. IPG Photonics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.100-0.400 EPS. Research analysts predict that IPG Photonics Corporation will post 1.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Eric Meurice sold 750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $71,250.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 22,803 shares in the company, valued at $2,166,285. The trade was a 3.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 23,029 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.98, for a total value of $1,772,772.42. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 6,818,577 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $524,894,057.46. This represents a 0.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 134,617 shares of company stock valued at $10,636,883. Insiders own 39.50% of the company’s stock.

IPG Photonics Profile

IPG Photonics Corporation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance fiber lasers and amplifiers used in industrial, medical, scientific, and telecommunications applications. The company’s core products include ytterbium and erbium fiber lasers, diode lasers, and fiber amplifiers that deliver high power and efficiency for precision cutting, welding, marking, and engraving. IPG’s systems are engineered to optimize process speed, reliability, and energy consumption, making them a preferred choice for advanced manufacturing environments.

In addition to stand-alone laser sources, IPG offers turnkey laser systems and integrated solutions tailored to sectors such as automotive, electronics, aerospace, additive manufacturing, and life sciences.