Janus Henderson Group PLC Purchases Shares of 52,308 Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR)

Janus Henderson Group PLC acquired a new position in Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 52,308 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $672,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC owned about 0.18% of Aehr Test Systems as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of AEHR. FMR LLC raised its position in Aehr Test Systems by 1,535.8% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,619,108 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,656,000 after buying an additional 2,458,993 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 769.7% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,100,567 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $12,293,000 after purchasing an additional 974,028 shares during the last quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. lifted its position in shares of Aehr Test Systems by 101.6% during the second quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 1,670,590 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $18,660,000 after purchasing an additional 841,964 shares in the last quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC boosted its holdings in Aehr Test Systems by 339.6% during the second quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC now owns 339,756 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,795,000 after purchasing an additional 262,469 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Apis Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Aehr Test Systems during the second quarter worth about $2,133,000. Institutional investors own 69.69% of the company’s stock.

Aehr Test Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AEHR opened at $11.53 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $341.63 million, a PE ratio of 11.77 and a beta of 1.94. Aehr Test Systems has a 1 year low of $9.83 and a 1 year high of $30.50. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $13.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.45.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.05. The business had revenue of $13.12 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.90 million. Aehr Test Systems had a net margin of 49.63% and a return on equity of 29.31%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Aehr Test Systems will post 0.22 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of Aehr Test Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 5th.

Aehr Test Systems Company Profile

Aehr Test Systems provides test solutions for testing, burning-in, and semiconductor devices in wafer level, singulated die, and package part form, and installed systems worldwide. Its product portfolio includes FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems that are full wafer contact and singulated die/module test and burn-in systems that can test, burn-in, and stabilize range of devices, including silicon carbide-based and other power semiconductors, 2D and 3D sensors used in mobile phones, tablets and other computing devices, memory semiconductors, processors, microcontrollers, systems-on-a-chip, and photonics and integrated optical devices.