Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) Shares Purchased by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC raised its holdings in Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) by 27.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 140,525 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 30,119 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned 0.47% of Aehr Test Systems worth $1,807,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC raised its holdings in Aehr Test Systems by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC now owns 398,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,124,000 after buying an additional 59,010 shares during the period. Baillie Gifford & Co. increased its holdings in Aehr Test Systems by 8.2% in the third quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 1,806,849 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $23,218,000 after buying an additional 136,259 shares during the last quarter. Apis Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Aehr Test Systems during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,133,000. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Aehr Test Systems by 1,535.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,619,108 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,656,000 after acquiring an additional 2,458,993 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC bought a new stake in Aehr Test Systems in the third quarter worth approximately $672,000. 69.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Aehr Test Systems Stock Performance

NASDAQ AEHR opened at $16.51 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $489.21 million, a PE ratio of 16.85 and a beta of 1.94. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $13.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.64. Aehr Test Systems has a twelve month low of $9.83 and a twelve month high of $28.95.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $13.12 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.90 million. Aehr Test Systems had a net margin of 49.63% and a return on equity of 29.31%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Aehr Test Systems will post 0.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.