Corient IA LLC Takes $380,000 Position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• Corient IA LLC has made a new investment of approximately $380,000 in NXP Semiconductors by acquiring 2,000 shares in the first quarter.
• Insider trading activity includes CFO William Betz selling 6,785 shares and President Rafael Sotomayor selling 2,000 shares, indicating significant decreases in their holdings.
• NXP Semiconductors announced a quarterly dividend of $1.014, representing an annualized dividend of $4.06 and a yield of 1.8%.

Corient IA LLC bought a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,000 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock, valued at approximately $380,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the period. Mariner LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 5.8% in the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 30,534 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $6,347,000 after buying an additional 1,661 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 137.0% in the 4th quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 2,086 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $434,000 after buying an additional 1,206 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 8,930.8% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 117,400 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $24,402,000 after buying an additional 116,100 shares during the period. Finally, GeoWealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 36.4% in the 4th quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC now owns 420 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NXPI has been the subject of several recent research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. KGI Securities upgraded NXP Semiconductors to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Performance

NXPI traded up $10.90 during trading on Friday, hitting $234.83. 2,993,968 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,723,165. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.99, a PEG ratio of 2.54 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. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $221.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $207.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.The firm's revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.20 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,520 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $345,556.80. The trade was a 81.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total value of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 4,958 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. The trade was a 28.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 17,917 shares of company stock valued at $4,082,002. Company insiders own 0.12% 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.