Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lessened its holdings in NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI – Free Report) by 2.6% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,901,839 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after selling 207,624 shares during the quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $1,896,520,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. GDS Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 7.7% during the third quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 55,740 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $13,378,000 after acquiring an additional 3,985 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise boosted its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 60.2% during the 3rd quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 25,850 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $6,204,000 after purchasing an additional 9,710 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 23.3% during the second quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 566 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $140,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 21.1% in the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 154,293 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $41,519,000 after purchasing an additional 26,851 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 1.9% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 303,895 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $72,938,000 after buying an additional 5,722 shares in the last quarter. 90.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
NXPI has been the topic of a number of research reports. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $235.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Evercore ISI cut their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $370.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $285.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $330.00 to $280.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $300.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $276.76.
NXP Semiconductors Trading Up 0.2 %
Shares of NXPI opened at $220.34 on Thursday. NXP Semiconductors has a 1-year low of $198.00 and a 1-year high of $296.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.02, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a 50-day moving average of $233.62 and a 200 day moving average of $251.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.60.
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.02. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 20.98% and a return on equity of 33.57%. The company had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.31 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that NXP Semiconductors will post 11.37 EPS for the current year.
NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 12th were issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.74%.
Insider Buying and Selling at NXP Semiconductors
In related news, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 3,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $232.35, for a total transaction of $813,225.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 30,269 shares in the company, valued at $7,033,002.15. The trade was a 10.36 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.11% of the company’s stock.
NXP Semiconductors Company Profile
NXP Semiconductors N.V. offers various semiconductor products. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors, including i.MX application processors, and i.MX 8 and 9 family of applications processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface devices; radio frequency power amplifiers; and security controllers, as well as semiconductor-based environmental and inertial sensors, including pressure, inertial, magnetic, and gyroscopic sensors.
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