Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from five research firms, with varying ratings including one sell, one hold, two buys, and one strong buy.
• The average 12-month price target for the stock is now $55.00, reflecting a positive outlook from analysts.
• Diodes recently reported quarterly earnings of $0.32 per share, exceeding analyst expectations, with a revenue of $366.20 million which is an increase of 14.5% from the same quarter last year.

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Get Free Report) has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the five research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $55.00.

DIOD has been the topic of several research reports. Wall Street Zen raised Diodes from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday, August 31st. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $62.00 price objective (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a report on Friday, June 13th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th.

Diodes Price Performance

Shares of DIOD opened at $53.25 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.33 and a quick ratio of 2.04. Diodes has a 1-year low of $32.93 and a 1-year high of $67.40. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 billion, a PE ratio of 38.87 and a beta of 1.54. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $53.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $47.91.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $366.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.08 million. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.33 earnings per share. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Diodes will post 1.82 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Diodes

In related news, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total transaction of $56,360.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 59,479 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,352,236.44. This trade represents a 1.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.90, for a total value of $111,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 48,777 shares in the company, valued at $2,726,634.30. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 2.30% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Diodes

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DIOD. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in Diodes by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 170,226 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $10,498,000 after acquiring an additional 5,660 shares during the last quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Diodes in the 4th quarter worth $251,000. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its holdings in shares of Diodes by 40.1% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 44,314 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,733,000 after acquiring an additional 12,683 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Diodes by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 25,962 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,601,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Numerai GP LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Diodes in the fourth quarter valued at about $539,000. 99.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies application-specific standard products in the broad discrete, logic, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor markets worldwide. The company offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, SiC MOSFETs; data line protection, power line protection, thyristers, USB Type-C protection, and transient voltage suppressors; Schottky, small signal switching, Zener, and SiC diodes; bridges, super barrier, Schottky, Schottky bridge, and fast/ultra-fast rectifiers; and bipolar, avalanche, gate driver, and pre-bias transistors.

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