Vontobel Holding Ltd. Increases Holdings in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 4.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 323,284 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after purchasing an additional 12,965 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. owned about 0.13% of NXP Semiconductors worth $70,634,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NXPI. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $265,000 after purchasing an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 8.6% during the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 1,881 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $357,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in NXP Semiconductors during the first quarter valued at $254,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 133.5% during the first 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. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 41.2% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,072 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock valued at $584,000 after buying an additional 896 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 value of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 4,958 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. The trade was a 28.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total value of $216,210.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 9,785 shares of company stock valued at $2,197,852. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Up 2.8%

Shares of NXPI stock opened at $225.64 on Thursday. 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 50-day moving average price of $224.58 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $210.01. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 12-month low of $148.09 and a 12-month high of $256.62. The firm has a market cap of $56.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 1.44.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 earnings per share (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 firm had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.20 earnings per share. The company's revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th were paid a $1.014 dividend. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 17th. NXP Semiconductors's payout ratio is 48.27%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. UBS Group lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $276.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price 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.

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