Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. Makes New $938,000 Investment in Skyworks Solutions, Inc. $SWKS

Key Points

• Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d'investissement inc. acquired 12,593 shares in Skyworks Solutions, Inc. for approximately $938,000 during the 2nd quarter, highlighting increasing institutional investment in the semiconductor company.
• Skyworks Solutions recently reported earnings with $1.33 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding analyst expectations and reflecting a 6.6% year-over-year revenue increase.
• The company also increased its quarterly dividend to $0.71 per share, resulting in an annualized yield of 3.8%, though the current payout ratio stands at 113.60%.

Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. bought a new stake in Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 12,593 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock, valued at approximately $938,000.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new position in shares of Skyworks Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $458,000. Tidal Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Skyworks Solutions by 14.7% during the fourth quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 21,708 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,925,000 after acquiring an additional 2,774 shares in the last quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Skyworks Solutions in the 4th quarter worth about $3,239,000. Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its position in Skyworks Solutions by 1,862.6% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 347,905 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $30,852,000 after purchasing an additional 330,178 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in Skyworks Solutions by 11.6% in the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,177,745 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $104,442,000 after purchasing an additional 122,643 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.43% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have weighed in on SWKS shares. Wall Street Zen lowered Skyworks Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Skyworks Solutions from $63.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock a "sell" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Cfra Research upgraded shares of Skyworks Solutions to a "moderate sell" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Arete Research upgraded shares of Skyworks Solutions to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Skyworks Solutions from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Skyworks Solutions has an average rating of "Reduce" and a consensus price target of $72.87.

Skyworks Solutions Price Performance

Shares of Skyworks Solutions stock traded up $1.92 during trading on Friday, hitting $78.95. 8,990,565 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,290,285. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 1.80. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $73.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $69.68. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $47.93 and a twelve month high of $101.50. The company has a market cap of $11.72 billion, a PE ratio of 31.58, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.17.

Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $965.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $940.00 million. Skyworks Solutions had a return on equity of 11.77% and a net margin of 9.88%.The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.21 earnings per share. Skyworks Solutions has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.400-1.400 EPS. Analysts forecast that Skyworks Solutions, Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Skyworks Solutions Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 26th were given a $0.71 dividend. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. This is a boost from Skyworks Solutions's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 26th. Skyworks Solutions's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 113.60%.

Skyworks Solutions Company Profile

Skyworks Solutions, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products in the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia-Pacific. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, automotive tuners and digital radios, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, wireless analog system on chip products, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, power over ethernet, power isolators, receivers, switches, synthesizers, timing devices, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators.