NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI Stock Position Decreased by Strategic Financial Services Inc.

Key Points

• Strategic Financial Services Inc. reduced its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 24.3%, now holding 9,574 shares valued at approximately $1.82 million.
• Insider trading activity included the CFO selling 6,785 shares for over $1.54 million, indicating a significant decrease in ownership of 81.7%.
• Wall Street analysts have raised price targets for NXP Semiconductors, with Citigroup boosting theirs from $210 to $275 and maintaining a "buy" rating.

Strategic Financial Services Inc. decreased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 24.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 9,574 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after selling 3,074 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Services Inc.'s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $1,820,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 26,011.1% in the 4th quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,700 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $977,000 after buying an additional 4,682 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 1,166,727 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $242,504,000 after buying an additional 38,138 shares during the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 4th quarter worth approximately $305,000. Finally, Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 4th quarter worth approximately $10,392,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.54% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction on Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.34, for a total transaction of $1,542,501.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,520 shares of the company's stock, valued at $345,556.80. The trade was a 81.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total value of $439,140.00. Following the sale, the president directly owned 4,958 shares of the company's stock, 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 sold a total of 17,917 shares of company stock valued at $4,082,002 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Down 2.0%

NXPI stock opened at $219.28 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $55.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.14, a PEG ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.43. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a twelve month low of $148.09 and a twelve month high of $256.62. 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 business has a fifty day moving average of $225.37 and a 200-day moving average of $208.36.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last released 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. The company had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.20 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 17th. 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 Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NXPI. Citigroup lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an "overweight" rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Company 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.

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