NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.05 EPS

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Monday. The semiconductor provider reported $2.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.05, Briefing.com reports. The company had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 19.90% and a return on equity of 31.45%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.24 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 2.460-2.860 EPS.

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NXPI traded up $5.89 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $187.73. 573,564 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,592,764. The company has a market capitalization of $47.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.40. NXP Semiconductors has a 52-week low of $148.09 and a 52-week high of $296.08. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $192.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $211.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 19th were given a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 19th. NXP Semiconductors's payout ratio is 44.12%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NXP Semiconductors

In related news, COO Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.86, for a total transaction of $204,860.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 8,828 shares in the company, valued at $1,808,504.08. The trade was a 10.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.11% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in NXP Semiconductors stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI - Free Report) by 20.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider's stock after acquiring an additional 218 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $265,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 90.54% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $190.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Needham & Company LLC dropped their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $225.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley set a $229.00 price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a report on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $210.00 to $170.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $245.00 to $258.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $250.37.

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.