Public Sector Pension Investment Board Reduces Stock Holdings in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• Public Sector Pension Investment Board significantly reduced its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 65.3%, now holding shares worth $7.49 million.
• Several large investors, such as Hemington Wealth Management and GoalVest Advisory LLC, have recently increased their holdings in NXP Semiconductors, indicating varying investor sentiment.
• NXP Semiconductors reported earnings of $2.72 per share, slightly above estimates, but revenues have decreased 6.4% year-over-year, while announcing a quarterly dividend with a 1.8% yield.

Public Sector Pension Investment Board lessened its position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 65.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 39,432 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after selling 74,265 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board's holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $7,494,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of NXPI. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 15.2% during the first quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 5,281 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $1,004,000 after purchasing an additional 698 shares during the last quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NXP Semiconductors during the 1st quarter valued at $320,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings 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 valued at $409,000 after buying an additional 1,231 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 14.5% in the 1st quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 7,436 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $1,413,000 after buying an additional 943 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 18.2% in the first quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 12,653 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $2,418,000 after acquiring an additional 1,951 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

NASDAQ NXPI traded down $0.7750 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $231.2350. 518,585 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,008,613. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 12-month low of $148.09 and a 12-month high of $259.74. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $220.55 and a 200-day simple moving average of $207.05. The company has a market capitalization of $58.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.41.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.The company had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.20 earnings per share. The firm's 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, analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on NXPI. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. 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. TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. KGI Securities upgraded shares of NXP Semiconductors to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $256.05.

About NXP Semiconductors

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.