Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Has $6.34 Million Position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• The Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund reduced its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 10.2%, selling 3,800 shares, which left it with 33,375 shares valued at approximately $6.34 million.
• Insider transactions at NXP include President Rafael Sotomayor selling 2,000 shares and CFO William Betz selling 6,785 shares, with insiders collectively selling a total of 17,917 shares worth over $4 million in the last three months.
• NXP Semiconductors recently reported a quarterly earnings per share of $2.72, beating estimates, and announced a quarterly dividend of $1.014 per share, with an annual yield of 1.8%.

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund decreased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 10.2% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 33,375 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after selling 3,800 shares during the quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund's holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $6,343,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Boston Partners increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 46.1% in the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,202,366 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $227,625,000 after acquiring an additional 379,629 shares during the period. E Fund Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 43.3% in the first quarter. E Fund Management Co. Ltd. now owns 11,825 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $2,247,000 after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares during the period. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 6.2% in the first quarter. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 7,456 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $1,417,000 after acquiring an additional 434 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in NXP Semiconductors in the first quarter valued at about $63,000. Finally, National Pension Service increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 7.8% in the first quarter. National Pension Service now owns 764,761 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $145,350,000 after acquiring an additional 55,105 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.54% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the sale, the president directly owned 4,958 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,088,628.06. This represents a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.34, for a total transaction of $1,542,501.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,520 shares in the company, valued at $345,556.80. This represents a 81.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 17,917 shares of company stock valued at $4,082,002 over the last three months. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on NXPI shares. KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. They set a "buy" rating and a $276.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective 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. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

Shares of NXPI traded down $4.0070 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $224.7630. 627,464 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,010,534. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a one year low of $148.09 and a one year high of $257.61. 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 business has a 50-day moving average of $220.99 and a 200 day moving average of $207.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $56.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.90, a PEG ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.41.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.20 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors's revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were paid a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 25th. NXP Semiconductors's dividend payout ratio is 48.27%.

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.