Valentin Gapontsev Trust I Sells 16,529 Shares of IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) Stock

IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP) major shareholder Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 16,529 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $82.97, for a total transaction of $1,371,411.13. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 7,010,306 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $581,645,088.82. This represents a 0.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Large shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.

Valentin Gapontsev Trust I also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, October 15th, Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 17,707 shares of IPG Photonics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.09, for a total transaction of $1,506,688.63.
• On Monday, October 13th, Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 32,264 shares of IPG Photonics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.19, for a total transaction of $2,684,042.16.
• On Tuesday, September 16th, Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 14,180 shares of IPG Photonics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.67, for a total transaction of $1,143,900.60.
• On Monday, September 15th, Valentin Gapontsev Trust I sold 52,320 shares of IPG Photonics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.71, for a total value of $4,222,747.20.

IPG Photonics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IPGP opened at $86.42 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $81.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $71.22. IPG Photonics Corporation has a 52 week low of $48.59 and a 52 week high of $90.29. The firm has a market cap of $3.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.64, a P/E/G ratio of 23.90 and a beta of 0.98.

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.20. IPG Photonics had a positive return on equity of 2.25% and a negative net margin of 22.77%.The firm had revenue of $250.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $228.20 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. IPG Photonics has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.050-0.350 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that IPG Photonics Corporation will post 1.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of IPG Photonics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in IPG Photonics by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,813 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $124,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the period. Inspire Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of IPG Photonics by 2.8% during the first quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 6,383 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $403,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of IPG Photonics by 3.2% during the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 6,352 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $436,000 after buying an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its position in IPG Photonics by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 7,922 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $544,000 after buying an additional 215 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in IPG Photonics by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 5,408 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $341,000 after acquiring an additional 236 shares in the last quarter. 93.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

IPG Photonics Company 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.