Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) is -5.78% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.27 and a high of $21.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AEHR stock was last observed hovering at around $14.78 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.7%.
Currently trading at $15.48, the stock is 14.36% and 35.77% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.06 million and changing 4.74% at the moment leaves the stock 34.14% off its SMA200. AEHR registered -6.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 32.76%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.022 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.5064.
The stock witnessed a 31.41% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 81.26%, and is 6.14% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.94% over the week and 7.90% over the month.
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) has around 115 employees, a market worth around $460.86M and $58.97M in sales. Fwd P/E is 42.61. Profit margin for the company is -6.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 146.89% and -27.80% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.94%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.22% this year
163.0 institutions hold shares in Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), with institutional investors hold 69.05% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 29.88M, and float is at 27.64M with Short Float at 23.72%. Institutions hold 65.58% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 2.11 million shares valued at $23.52 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.2724 of the AEHR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 1.9 million shares valued at $21.26 million to account for 6.5749 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 1.67 million shares representing 5.77 and valued at over $18.66 million, while AWM INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. holds 4.3337 of the shares totaling 1.25 million with a market value of $14.02 million.
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on May 12 ’25, SALAMONE ALBERTO (EVP, PPBI BUSINESS) disposed off 4,995 shares at an average price of $9.08 for $45336.0. The insider now directly holds 56,241 shares of Aehr Test Systems (AEHR).
