Aspire Growth Partners LLC Takes $321,000 Position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• Aspire Growth Partners LLC invested $321,000 in 1,719 shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. during the first quarter, indicating growing interest in the semiconductor sector.
• Significant insider stock sales occurred, with CFO William Betz selling 6,785 shares and President Rafael Sotomayor selling 2,000 shares, reflecting a decline in their ownership stakes.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for NXP Semiconductors, with estimates reaching as high as $276.00, suggesting a robust outlook for the company despite recent earnings showing a 6.4% revenue decrease year-over-year.

Aspire Growth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,719 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock, valued at approximately $321,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of NXPI. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the period. GeoWealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 36.4% during the 4th quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC now owns 420 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $87,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 21,495 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $4,468,000 after buying an additional 359 shares during the period. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 377.9% during the 4th quarter. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC now owns 411 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $85,000 after buying an additional 325 shares during the period. Finally, Dark Forest Capital Management LP raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 84.5% during the 4th quarter. Dark Forest Capital Management LP now owns 2,314 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $481,000 after buying an additional 1,060 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at NXP Semiconductors

In other NXP Semiconductors news, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.34, for a total value of $1,542,501.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,520 shares in the company, valued at $345,556.80. This represents a 81.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 9,132 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.00, for a total value of $2,100,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 27,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,230,240. The trade was a 25.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 17,917 shares of company stock worth $4,082,002 in the last three months. 0.12% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NXPI has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup upped their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. TD Cowen upped their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $276.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Finally, Evercore ISI reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $289.00 target price (up previously from $237.00) on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a report on Thursday, June 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Up 0.6%

NASDAQ:NXPI traded up $1.3780 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $236.2080. The company had a trading volume of 401,564 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,003,017. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The company has a 50-day moving average of $221.60 and a 200 day moving average of $207.61. The company has a market cap of $59.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 1.41. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 1 year low of $148.09 and a 1 year high of $257.61.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.20 EPS. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were issued a $1.014 dividend. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 25th. NXP Semiconductors's dividend payout ratio is presently 48.39%.

NXP Semiconductors 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.