Hood River Capital Management LLC Makes New Investment in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL)

Hood River Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 1,138,597 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $42,162,000. Hood River Capital Management LLC owned about 3.92% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in AOSL. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,411,632 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $89,303,000 after acquiring an additional 14,070 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 633,345 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $23,453,000 after purchasing an additional 70,100 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 580,556 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $21,503,000 after purchasing an additional 1,851 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 224,809 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $8,325,000 after purchasing an additional 1,449 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong acquired a new position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor during the 4th quarter worth $8,014,000. Institutional investors own 78.97% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have weighed in on AOSL shares. Benchmark boosted their price objective on Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $30.00 to $18.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Trading Down 3.3 %

Shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock traded down $0.65 during trading on Monday, hitting $18.79. 147,530 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 498,660. The firm has a market capitalization of $552.56 million, a P/E ratio of -23.43 and a beta of 2.48. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $24.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $33.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.50. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a 1-year low of $15.90 and a 1-year high of $53.29.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by ($0.26). Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative net margin of 3.46% and a negative return on equity of 0.23%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Company Profile

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited designs, develops, and supplies power semiconductor products for computing, consumer electronics, communication, and industrial applications in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. It offers power discrete products, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), SRFETs, XSFET, electrostatic discharge, protected MOSFETs, high and mid-voltage MOSFETs, and insulated gate bipolar transistors for use in smart phone chargers, battery packs, notebooks, desktop and servers, data centers, base stations, graphics card, game boxes, TVs, AC adapters, power supplies, motor control, power tools, E-vehicles, white goods and industrial motor drives, UPS systems, solar inverters, and industrial welding.