AEIS Nasdaq Russell 1000 Earnings call
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AEIS) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $231.60 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 3 Aug 2026 and 4 May 2026
Net income down 19.0% on the previous quarter. Management sounded cautious, though noticeably more positive answering analysts.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
−19.0%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Outlook given
Net income 54.1M vs 66.8M
Revenue +12.3%
Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +114.7%; the dip on last quarter is small next to the change on last year.
2 · How management spoke
Cautious
Among the least upbeat of all company calls
Answers to analysts: very upbeat, and more positive than the script.
Similar to last call.
3 · What stood out
Guidance
AEIS said its factory network will reach roughly $5 billion in revenue-generating capacity once Thailand is fully built, pointing to substantial…
Valuation
Is Advanced Energy Industries Inc. undervalued?
Reverse DCF. Free cash flow from the last full fiscal year (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At −0.8% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $37.13 a share — the stock trades 524% above it. Today's price assumes 25.4% growth a year.
Current price
$231.60
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+25.4% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$37.13
Buy below
$27.85
Price vs fair value
Overvalued >200%
Price vs buy-below price
Overvalued >200%
Read between the lines
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Key theme
AEIS expects second-wave data center customers to accelerate revenue growth in 2027 and beyond, adding a future demand driver.
Source quote
“We continue to pursue multiple opportunities with second wave data center customers, defined as customers outside of the top hyperscalers. Our improved outlook is due to increased demand from hyperscalers. We expect that these second wave customers will accelerate our revenue growth in 2027 and beyond.”
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Guidance
AEIS now expects record revenue in Q3 and Q4.
Source quote
“Looking forward, we expect record revenue in both Q3 and Q4.”
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.
Management was more positive answering analysts than in its script — usually a sign it was comfortable with the details it was asked about.
Sentences that drove the tone
“The semiconductor equipment market is growing to record levels, driven by strong demand for leading edge memory and logic as well as increasing etch and dep intensity.”
“And as this develops, I think it's a great opportunity for us to gain share and grow content.”
“At the same time, with our strong balance sheet, we will continue to pursue inorganic growth opportunities to further diversify our scope.”
Full figures
USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-06-30)
| Metric | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 | Change | Q2 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 574.1M | 511.0M | +12.3% | 441.5M | +30.0% |
| Gross profit | 236.1M | 200.9M | +17.5% | 163.4M | +44.5% |
| Operating income | 95.1M | 68.3M | +39.2% | 31.6M | +200.9% |
| Net income | 54.1M | 66.8M | −19.0% | 25.2M | +114.7% |
| EPS | 1.28 | 1.58 | −19.0% | 0.67 | +91.0% |
| P/E today 55.2 | 69.2 | 67.7 | +1.5 | 60.2 | +9.0 |
Topics
Most discussed now
- Advanced Energy classifies these as second wave data center opportunities where it could redeploy existing technology blocks into new…
- Customers have validated meaningful yield and throughput performance at the leading edge, and Advanced Energy believes that adoption of…
- Advanced Energy's design win pipeline is impressive, and its new products continue to hit the mark.
- Any targets beyond current year presented today should not be interpreted as guidance.
- Advanced Energy continues to make progress improving gross margin.
Faded since Q1 2026
- Fading Secondly, Advanced Energy thinks it gets better from a manufacturing efficiency standpoint.
- Fading Given the strong demand environment, Advanced Energy is executing its capacity expansion plans in Malaysia, the Philippines and Mexico.
- Fading Advanced Energy is seeing both the industrial and the medical markets pick up.
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first.
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Other events · SEC 8-K
- Material agreement; New financial obligation; Unregistered share sale · SEC 8-K
- Other events · SEC 8-K
- Other events · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Articles or bylaws amended; Shareholder vote results · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K