Integrated Investment Consultants LLC Makes New $227,000 Investment 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 purchased a new stake in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,258 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $227,000.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in DIOD. Hood River Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Diodes in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $72,037,000. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Diodes by 107.6% in the first quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 539,170 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $23,276,000 after buying an additional 279,400 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Diodes by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,238,567 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $138,053,000 after buying an additional 168,545 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Diodes in the first quarter valued at approximately $5,593,000. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Diodes during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $7,063,000. 99.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Diodes Price Performance

Shares of DIOD traded up $0.64 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $55.90. The stock had a trading volume of 88,155 shares, compared to its average volume of 508,621. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion, a PE ratio of 40.80 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 2.04 and a current ratio of 3.33. Diodes Incorporated has a 12 month low of $32.93 and a 12 month high of $70.98. The company's 50-day moving average is $53.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.91.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.Diodes's revenue for the quarter was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.33 EPS. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts expect that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 EPS for the current year.

Diodes declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 8th that authorizes the company to buyback $100.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the semiconductor company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $62.00 price objective (up from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Diodes from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Diodes to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $55.00.

Diodes Company 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.