Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Increases Stake in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Key Points

• Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 7.8%, owning 118,434 shares worth approximately $25.9 million after acquiring an additional 8,579 shares in the second quarter.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for NXP Semiconductors, with Truist Financial and Wells Fargo increasing their targets to $252.00 and $260.00, respectively, indicating a generally positive outlook for the stock.
• NXP Semiconductors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.014 per share, translating to an annual yield of 2.0%, reflecting a payout ratio of 48.39%.

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 118,434 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after buying an additional 8,579 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC's holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $25,877,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vest Financial LLC grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 34.2% in the 2nd quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 7,773 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $1,698,000 after buying an additional 1,980 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 61.4% during the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 2,075 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $453,000 after purchasing an additional 789 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 15.8% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 263,547 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $58,299,000 after purchasing an additional 35,934 shares during the period. CWM LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 89.4% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 9,119 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $1,992,000 after purchasing an additional 4,305 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 13.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 18,004 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock worth $3,934,000 after purchasing an additional 2,151 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NXP Semiconductors

In other news, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 4,958 shares in the company, valued at $1,088,628.06. The trade was a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total transaction of $216,210.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 6,828 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,476,281.88. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 9,785 shares of company stock worth $2,197,852 over the last ninety days. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $252.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Finally, KGI Securities upgraded shares of NXP Semiconductors to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $257.06.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Performance

Shares of NXPI opened at $205.37 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $224.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $210.14. 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 company has a market capitalization of $51.78 billion, a PE ratio of 24.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.44. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 52-week low of $148.09 and a 52-week high of $256.62.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.20 EPS. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th were issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 17th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. NXP Semiconductors's payout ratio is 48.39%.

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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