Scientech Research LLC Makes New Investment in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Key Points

• Scientech Research LLC acquired 15,467 shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) worth approximately $668,000 in the 1st quarter.
• Institutional investors own 99.23% of Diodes' stock, with Ameriprise Financial significantly increasing its holdings by 3.4% in the fourth quarter.
• Analysts have mixed ratings on Diodes, with a consensus price target of $55.00 and one analyst rating it as a Strong Buy.

Scientech Research LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 15,467 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $668,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Diodes by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 723,733 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $31,244,000 after buying an additional 36,488 shares in the last quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. lifted its position in Diodes by 107.6% during the 1st quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 539,170 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $23,276,000 after buying an additional 279,400 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in Diodes by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 494,235 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $21,336,000 after buying an additional 54,309 shares in the last quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Diodes by 26.0% during the 1st quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 367,306 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $15,857,000 after buying an additional 75,682 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in Diodes by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 263,695 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $11,360,000 after buying an additional 6,062 shares in the last quarter. 99.23% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Diodes Trading Down 3.1%

Shares of NASDAQ DIOD traded down $1.70 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $52.62. The company's stock had a trading volume of 345,665 shares, compared to its average volume of 423,724. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.33 and a quick ratio of 2.04. The stock has a market cap of $2.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.41 and a beta of 1.55. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $53.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is $47.97. Diodes Incorporated has a one year low of $32.93 and a one year high of $67.40.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $366.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $352.08 million. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.Diodes's revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.33 EPS. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Diodes

In related news, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total value of $56,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 59,479 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,352,236.44. The trade was a 1.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 of the company's stock, valued at $2,726,634.30. This represents a 3.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on DIOD. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $62.00 price target (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Diodes from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday, August 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $55.00.

Diodes Company Profile

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.