Lattice Semiconductor Corporation $LSCC Shares Sold by Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.

Key Points

• Polar Asset Management cut its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 95.9% in Q3, selling 129,498 shares and retaining 5,502 shares valued at $403,000.
• Meanwhile, major institutions like Vanguard, Invesco, Capital Research, Artisan and State Street increased positions, and institutional ownership totals 98.08%, signaling broad institutional accumulation despite Polar’s exit.
• Analysts have grown more bullish with several price-target raises (Jefferies to $135, Benchmark and Susquehanna to $120) and a MarketBeat average target of $102.64; Lattice reported 24.2% YoY revenue growth, met EPS at $0.32, and guided Q1 to $0.340–0.380.

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. cut its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC - Free Report) by 95.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,502 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 129,498 shares during the quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.'s holdings in Lattice Semiconductor were worth $403,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Lattice Semiconductor by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,986,677 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,098,823,000 after purchasing an additional 189,147 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 177.3% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,076,616 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $445,538,000 after buying an additional 3,885,482 shares during the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 3.6% in the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 4,872,084 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $357,221,000 after buying an additional 169,790 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.8% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,852,380 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $237,718,000 after acquiring an additional 85,973 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 66.4% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 4,597,217 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $337,068,000 after acquiring an additional 1,834,440 shares during the period. 98.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on LSCC shares. Zacks Research raised shares of Lattice Semiconductor from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Benchmark raised their price target on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $82.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Lattice Semiconductor from $85.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Lattice Semiconductor has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $102.64.

Insider Activity

In other Lattice Semiconductor news, CAO Tonya Stevens sold 3,230 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.38, for a total value of $308,077.40. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 62,302 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,942,364.76. The trade was a 4.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director James P. Lederer sold 5,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $96.96, for a total transaction of $484,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 50,550 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,901,328. The trade was a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 45,614 shares of company stock valued at $4,346,028 over the last quarter. Insiders own 1.80% of the company's stock.

Lattice Semiconductor Price Performance

LSCC opened at $88.54 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $89.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.89. The company has a market capitalization of $12.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,429.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.48 and a beta of 1.65. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a 1-year low of $34.69 and a 1-year high of $108.08.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32. The company had revenue of $145.79 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.18 million. Lattice Semiconductor had a return on equity of 5.60% and a net margin of 0.59%.The company's quarterly revenue was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.15 EPS. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.340-0.380 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Lattice Semiconductor Corporation will post 0.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a U.S.-based semiconductor company specializing in low-power, small-footprint programmable logic devices. The company's product portfolio centers on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and related intellectual property cores that enable customers to implement custom digital functions in applications where energy efficiency and compact size are critical. Lattice's solutions are widely used to accelerate edge computing, support video and sensor interfaces, and provide flexible I/O connectivity across a variety of end markets.

The company offers a range of FPGA families, including the iCE40 series for ultra-low power mobile and consumer applications, the MachXO series for embedded control and security, and the ECP5 series for midrange performance in communications, industrial automation and automotive domains.

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