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IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP)

Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Marlborough, United States | NasdaqGS
73.76 USD +0.09 (0.122%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 73.76

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:35 a.m. EDT

IPG Photonics presents a classic value-trap candidate with a fortress balance sheet masking deteriorating profitability. Despite robust revenue growth and a clean balance sheet, the company's return on equity is abysmal, and earnings are shrinking, justifying the massive discount to the 200-day moving average. The options market is split, with traders hedging downside risks at lower strikes while placing speculative wagers on a distant recovery. Until earnings stabilize, the high short interest and technical weakness suggest caution is warranted.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.141308
MSTL0.143701
AutoARIMA0.147987
AutoTheta0.155913

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 5.80
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.248
Excess Kurtosis -0.66
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2012-12-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.764
Revenue per Share 25.308
Market Cap 3,130,641,152
Trailing P/E 117.08
Forward P/E 31.97
Beta 0.97
Profit Margins 2.58%
Website https://www.ipgphotonics.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:35 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with significant put open interest at lower strikes (55, 65, 75) to hedge against further declines, while call activity shows high implied volatility at far-out strikes (130, 175, 185) indicating speculative bets on a distant recovery. The overall positioning reflects a market split between fear of continued weakness and hope for a turnaround.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.14753526
Address1 377 Simarano Drive
All Time High 264.11
All Time Low 6.79
Ask 79.05
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Daily Volume10 Day 396,250
Average Daily Volume3 Month 469,415
Average Volume 469,415
Average Volume10Days 396,250
Beta 0.972
Bid 67.04
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value 50.012
City Marlborough
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 73.76
Current Ratio 6.179
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 73.91
Day Low 70.0
Debt To Equity 0.764
Display Name IPG Photonics
Dividend Date 1,356,652,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,852,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,852,000
Earnings Growth -0.228
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.206
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,709,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,709,000
Ebitda 104,386,000
Ebitda Margins 0.09762
Enterprise To Ebitda 21.864
Enterprise To Revenue 2.134
Enterprise Value 2,282,282,496
Eps Current Year 1.86286
Eps Forward 2.30714
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.63
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,355,875,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 508 373 1424
Fifty Day Average 79.2154
Fifty Day Average Change -5.4553986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.06886791
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -14.753527
Fifty Two Week High 155.82
Fifty Two Week High Change -82.060005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5266333
Fifty Two Week Low 69.41
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.3499985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.06267106
Fifty Two Week Range 69.41 - 155.82
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,166,020,200,000
Float Shares 27,836,304
Forward Eps 2.30714
Forward P E 31.970318
Free Cashflow 45,315,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,840
Fullday Change 0.09000397
Fullday Change Percent 0.122171804
Fullday Price 73.76
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.37877998
Gross Profits 405,044,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.38984
Held Percent Institutions 0.75125
Implied Shares Outstanding 42,443,616
Industry Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Disp Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Key semiconductor-equipment-materials
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, diode lasers, and laser-based systems used in materials processing, medical, and advanced applications. The company offers laser products, including hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; and high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers, as well as other versions. It also provides complementary products, such as optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, optical processing heads, process measuring and monitoring technologies, and in-line sensors and chillers. In addition, the company offers LightWELD, a handheld laser welding system; 2D compact flat sheet cutter systems; high precision laser systems for medical technology industry; multi axis Cartesian systems for fine welding, cutting, and drilling applications; laser and non-laser robotic welding and automation solutions; and related accessories for specific medical applications. The company sells and markets its products to original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and end users through direct sales force, as well as through agreements with independent sales representatives and distributors. It serves general manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, energy/renewable energy, micro electronics, original equipment manufacturers instrument manufacturing, scientific, as well as aerospace and defense, rail, and shipbuilding markets. IPG Photonics Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Long Name IPG Photonics Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,130,641,152
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_427949
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 27,559,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,282,815,720
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 71.2
Operating Cashflow 96,444,000
Operating Margins 0.05904
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.83
Phone 508 373 1100
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 73.76
Post Market Time 1,792,094,451
Previous Close 73.67
Price Eps Current Year 39.59503
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.474846
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.9276385
Profit Margins 0.02577
Quick Ratio 4.424
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.090004
Regular Market Change Percent 0.122172
Regular Market Day High 73.91
Regular Market Day Low 70.0
Regular Market Day Range 70.0 - 73.91
Regular Market Open 71.2
Regular Market Previous Close 73.67
Regular Market Price 73.76
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,400
Regular Market Volume 391,821
Return On Assets 0.0097
Return On Equity 0.01302
Revenue Growth 0.111
Revenue Per Share 25.308
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 42,443,616
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0876
Shares Short 3,725,196
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 3,385,850
Short Name IPG Photonics Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.2375
Short Ratio 8.75
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol IPGP
Target High Price 152.0
Target Low Price 78.0
Target Mean Price 124.14286
Target Median Price 125.0
Total Cash 871,318,976
Total Cash Per Share 20.485
Total Debt 16,254,000
Total Revenue 1,069,340,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.63
Trailing P E 117.07937
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 101.41435
Two Hundred Day Average Change -27.65435
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.27268675
Type Disp Equity
Volume 391,821
Website https://www.ipgphotonics.com
Zip 1,752