Integrated Investment Consultants LLC Purchases New Shares in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Key Points

• Integrated Investment Consultants LLC acquired 5,258 shares of Diodes Incorporated, valued at approximately $227,000, establishing a new position in the company.
• Analyst ratings for Diodes Incorporated show a mix of views, with one analysts rating the stock as a Strong Buy and others issuing ratings ranging from Buy to Strong Sell.
• Diodes announced a $100 million share repurchase plan, indicating the board's belief that its shares are currently undervalued.

Integrated Investment Consultants LLC acquired a new position in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 5,258 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $227,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Signaturefd LLC lifted its position in Diodes by 170.1% during the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 597 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 376 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in Diodes during the first quarter worth about $70,000. Sterling Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Diodes by 789.7% during the fourth quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,290 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 1,145 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in Diodes during the first quarter worth about $212,000. Finally, First National Advisers LLC bought a new stake in Diodes during the first quarter worth about $236,000. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $62.00 price objective (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Diodes from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $55.00.

Diodes Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ DIOD opened at $52.61 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $48.08. The firm has a market cap of $2.44 billion, a PE ratio of 38.40 and a beta of 1.47. Diodes Incorporated has a 1 year low of $32.93 and a 1 year high of $72.76. 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 issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $366.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.08 million. Diodes had a net margin of 4.59% and a return on equity of 2.98%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.33 EPS. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 EPS for the current year.

Diodes declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, May 8th that allows the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the semiconductor company to buy up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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.

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