Great Lakes Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Key Points

• Great Lakes Advisors LLC has reduced its stake in Diodes Incorporated by 23.9%, now holding 38,125 shares valued at approximately $1.65 million.
• Institutional investors own **99.23%** of Diodes stock, with notable increases in positions by several hedge funds during the 1st quarter, including **Global Alpha Capital Management** which raised its stake by **107.6%**.
• Diodes recently reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.32, exceeding analyst expectations, and saw a 14.5% year-over-year revenue increase, totaling $366.20 million.

Great Lakes Advisors LLC decreased its position in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Free Report) by 23.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 38,125 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 11,987 shares during the quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.08% of Diodes worth $1,646,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Signaturefd LLC grew its position in Diodes by 170.1% during the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 597 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 376 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Diodes in the first quarter worth about $70,000. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Diodes in the first quarter worth about $154,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Diodes in the first quarter worth about $212,000. Finally, Integrated Investment Consultants LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Diodes in the first quarter worth about $227,000. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company's stock.

Diodes Stock Performance

NASDAQ DIOD traded up $0.39 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $54.65. The company's stock had a trading volume of 227,773 shares, compared to its average volume of 504,156. Diodes Incorporated has a 12 month low of $32.93 and a 12 month high of $67.40. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $53.30 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.95. The company has a market cap of $2.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.89 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.33 and a quick ratio of 2.04.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $366.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $352.08 million. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.Diodes's revenue for the quarter was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.33 EPS. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Diodes

In other news, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 2,000 shares of Diodes stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $55.90, for a total transaction of $111,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 48,777 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,726,634.30. The trade was a 3.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of Diodes stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total value of $56,360.00. Following 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 1.90% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DIOD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $62.00 target price (up from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research note on Friday, June 13th. Zacks Research raised shares of Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Diodes from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Sunday, August 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $55.00.

About Diodes

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.