Great Lakes Advisors LLC Sells 11,987 Shares of 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 lessened its position in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Free Report) by 23.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 38,125 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 11,987 shares during the quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC owned 0.08% of Diodes worth $1,646,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Diodes by 1.9% during the first quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 15,696 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $678,000 after buying an additional 297 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Diodes by 5.4% during the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,290 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $272,000 after buying an additional 323 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Diodes by 12.4% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 6,028 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $260,000 after buying an additional 663 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its stake in shares of Diodes by 7.2% during the first quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 12,725 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $549,000 after buying an additional 856 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on DIOD. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $62.00 price objective (up from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research note on Friday, June 13th. Zacks Research raised Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Diodes from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, August 31st. One investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $55.00.

Diodes Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of DIOD stock traded up $0.37 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $54.97. 39,610 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 503,207. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $53.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.99. Diodes Incorporated has a 12-month low of $32.93 and a 12-month high of $67.40. The stock has a market cap of $2.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.22 and a beta of 1.55. The company has a quick ratio of 2.04, a current ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

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

Insider Activity at Diodes

In related news, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.90, for a total transaction of $111,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 48,777 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,726,634.30. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total transaction of $56,360.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 59,479 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,352,236.44. This trade represents a 1.65% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Diodes Profile

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.