Lyrical Asset Management LP Grows Stock Holdings in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• Lyrical Asset Management LP increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 26.4% during the 1st quarter, holding 26,327 shares valued at approximately $5 million.
• Institutional investors and hedge funds now own 90.54% of NXP Semiconductors' stock, with several firms, including Massachusetts Financial Services and Invesco, also raising their stakes.
• NXP Semiconductors reported earnings of $2.72 per share, surpassing analysts' expectations, while also announcing a quarterly dividend of $1.014 per share.

Lyrical Asset Management LP raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 26.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 26,327 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after acquiring an additional 5,492 shares during the quarter. Lyrical Asset Management LP's holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $5,004,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 15.2% during the 1st quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 5,281 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 698 shares during the last quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 1st quarter worth $320,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 133.5% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,153 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $409,000 after acquiring an additional 1,231 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp lifted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 14.5% during the 1st quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 7,436 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $1,413,000 after buying an additional 943 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 18.2% during the 1st quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 12,653 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $2,418,000 after buying an additional 1,951 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.54% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NXP Semiconductors

In other news, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 9,132 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.00, for a total value of $2,100,360.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 27,088 shares in the company, valued at $6,230,240. The trade was a 25.21% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 4,958 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. This trade represents a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 17,917 shares of company stock worth $4,082,002 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

NASDAQ NXPI traded down $1.5130 on Tuesday, reaching $230.4970. The company had a trading volume of 616,669 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,009,370. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $58.11 billion, a PE ratio of 27.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.41. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $220.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $207.05. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 12 month low of $148.09 and a 12 month high of $259.74.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.66 by $0.06. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The firm had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.20 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were issued a $1.014 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 25th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. NXP Semiconductors's payout ratio is 48.39%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NXPI has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Evercore ISI restated an "outperform" rating and set a $289.00 target price (up previously from $237.00) on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. They set a "buy" rating and a $276.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Profile

NXP Semiconductors N.V. offers various semiconductor products. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors, including i.MX application processors, and i.MX 8 and 9 family of applications processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface devices; radio frequency power amplifiers; and security controllers, as well as semiconductor-based environmental and inertial sensors, including pressure, inertial, magnetic, and gyroscopic sensors.