Insider buying last 90 days
$199Kin 2 open-market purchases
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | PEELER JOHN R director | Purchase | $113K |
| Aug 27 | PEELER JOHN R director | Purchase | $86K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
NASDAQ: IPGP
IPG Photonics (IPGP) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$76.05−2.22 (−2.8%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeIPG Photonics shares have declined over the week, with reports noting a 3.89% drop to $77.74 and a 3.35% decline to $80.89 on separate sessions, both described as underperforming the broader market. Argus raised its price target for IPGP to $80.00. Separately, insider selling was reported, including a major shareholder's sale of approximately $1.3 million in stock and a director's sale of 3,048 shares totaling $259,994 under a pre-arranged trading plan.
The stock closed at $76.05, down 2.8%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $79.85 and its 200-day average of $101.42, with the 50-day also below the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 62.9, placing IPGP in the Accumulation zone, up 11.6 over the past five sessions. Price stands 6.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $81.06. Over the trailing periods, the stock has returned -4.9% over one month, -28.6% over three months, and -12.3% over the past year.
IPG Photonics is scheduled to report earnings on 3 November 2026, 22 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior release on 4 August produced a 5.2% reaction, within an average absolute move of 11.4% across recent quarters, with 6 beats in the last 8 quarters. Over the last 90 days, 2 open-market insider purchases totaling $199,400 were recorded. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 5.4% gain over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst consensus from 4 firms, all rated buy, carries a target of $124.14, implying 63.2% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
IPG Photonics price vs fair value
Close $76.05200-day averageGekko Fair Value $81.06
IPG Photonics quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.23B
- P/E ratio
- 119.6
- Forward P/E
- 32.4
- EPS, TTM
- $0.65
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.07B
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.97
- Volume
- 269,420 avg 394,260
- 1-year return
- −12.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- 50-day average
- $79.85
- 200-day average
- $101.42
- Next earnings
- Nov 3
- Shares outstanding
- 42.44M
IPG Photonics swing-trade checklist
IPG Photonics scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $76.05 is below the 50-day ($79.85) and 200-day ($101.42) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
62.9, Accumulation
Reading 62.9 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
6.2% below
Price is 6.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: 2 open-market insider purchases.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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IPG Photonics stock chart and price history
IPG Photonics closed at $76.05 on Oct 12, 2026, −12.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $69.41 to $155.82.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.9%
- 3 months
- −28.6%
- 6 months
- −40.3%
- 1 year
- −12.3%
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About IPG Photonics
IPG Photonics builds laser equipment that manufacturers around the world rely on for cutting, welding and shaping materials. Its catalog spans fiber, diode and hybrid fiber-solid state lasers, pulsed high-energy models, tunable and multi-wavelength units, and single-frequency designs, rounded out by hardware like delivery cables, beam switches, chillers and scanners. The company has built a name for itself through complete laser systems aimed at jobs such as cutting flat sheets, handling multi-axis work and performing precision welds.
Its product range also includes fiber amplifiers in erbium-doped, Raman, ytterbium and thulium forms along with broadband light sources that support communication networks, and it supplies transceiver and transponder modules used to connect devices like switches, routers and optical transport gear within telecom, cable and data center operations. Lasers and amplifiers from the company additionally reach medical technology and other specialized uses. It sells to equipment makers, integrators and end-users directly, while also working through independent representatives and distributors spread across global markets.
Founded in 1990, IPG Photonics keeps its headquarters in Oxford, Massachusetts. The company trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker IPGP.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Website
- ipgphotonics.com
IPG Photonics GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
IPG Photonics’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 62.9, in the Accumulation zone, up 11.6 points over five sessions.
62.9Accumulation
Up 11.6 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 43 | +2.7% | +2.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 245 | +0.4% | +0.6% | ||
| Neutral | 367 | −0.9% | −1.0% | ||
| Distribution | 24 | +9.6% | +13.0% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average IPGP share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is IPG Photonics stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
IPG Photonics trades 6.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $81.06, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what IPG Photonics shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$81.06
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
6.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 11.0% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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IPG Photonics insider and Congress trading
Insiders filed 2 open-market purchases in IPG Photonics worth $199K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in IPGP were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
IPG Photonics has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $957K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.03%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds IPGP.
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IPG Photonics earnings: next date and track record
IPG Photonics reports on Nov 3, 2026 (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.46
- Revenue estimate
- $283.3M
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±11.4%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.58 est $0.40 | $278.6M est $280.0M | +5.2% |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.29 est $0.24 | $265.5M est $257.0M | −16.7% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.46 est $0.25 | $274.5M est $249.5M | +38.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.35 est $0.16 | $250.8M est $249.3M | +3.6% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.30 est $0.10 | $250.7M est $239.1M | −6.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.31 est $0.21 | $227.8M est $239.9M | −8.3% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.18 est $0.20 | $234.3M est $233.2M | −6.6% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | −$5.33 est $0.18 | $233.1M est $229.5M | +5.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
IPG Photonics stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for IPG Photonics is $124.14, +63.2% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$124.14consensus 12-month target, +63.2% from the last close
Now $76.05Avg $124.14
Low $120High $152
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11 | Citi | $137 | +80.1% |
| Aug 5 | Stifel Nicolaus | $125 | +64.4% |
| Aug 5 | Roth MKM | $152 | +99.9% |
| Aug 5 | Needham | $120 | +57.8% |
| Jul 17 | Needham | $120 | +57.8% |
+0.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+5.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
IPG Photonics seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, IPG Photonics averaged +5.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, IPGP’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.7%.
IPG Photonics market cap and key statistics
IPG Photonics’s market cap is $3.23B, with a P/E ratio of 119.6 and revenue of $1.07B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.23B
- P/E ratio
- 119.6
- Forward P/E
- 32.4
- EPS, TTM
- $0.65
- Gekko Fair Value
- $81.06
Trading
- Volume
- 269,420
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 394,260
- 52-week high
- $155.82
- 52-week low
- $69.41
- Shares outstanding
- 42.44M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.07B
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Return on equity
- 1.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −22.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.97
- Typical daily move
- ±4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
IPG Photonics stock news this week
Coverage of IPG Photonics this week reads negative: 1 positive, 2 neutral and 6 negative headlines.
- IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP) Stock forecastsYahoo Finance UK, Oct 11
- IPG Photonics director Eugene Scherbakov sells $259,994 in sharesInvesting.com, Oct 11
- IP fibre devices ltd sells $1.3m in IPG Photonics stockInvesting.com, Oct 11
- IPG Photonics Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitorsMarketWatch, Oct 9
- IPG Photonics Corp. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the dayMarketWatch, Oct 7
- IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) Major Shareholder Sells $1,315,516.04 in StockMarketBeat, Oct 7
IPG Photonics peers
IPG Photonics’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NVDANVIDIA | Neutral | 14.8% below |
| AVGOBroadcom | Neutral | 1.3% below |
| MUMicron Technology | Accumulation | 27.3% below |
| AMDAdvanced Micro Devices | Neutral | 13.2% above |
| INTCIntel | Accumulation | 1.5% above |
| TXNTexas Instruments | Neutral | 8.2% above |
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IPG Photonics stock FAQ
What is IPG Photonics’s market cap?
IPG Photonics’s market cap is $3.23B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $76.05, with 42.44M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 119.6.
What is the IPG Photonics stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for IPG Photonics is $124.14, +63.2% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is IPG Photonics stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate IPG Photonics is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $76.05 is 6.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $81.06. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does IPG Photonics report earnings next?
IPG Photonics is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.46 per share on revenue of $283.3M. IPG Photonics beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 11.4% on average across the report.
What is IPG Photonics’s 52-week high and low?
IPG Photonics’s 52-week high is $155.82 and its 52-week low is $69.41; it closed at $76.05 on Oct 12, 2026, −12.3% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $180.54 on Nov 2, 2021.
Is IPG Photonics stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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