NASDAQ:XLNX - Xilinx Stock Price, Forecast & News

Xilinx trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "XLNX."

Xilinx announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 10th. View Xilinx's Dividend History.

Xilinx declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The programmable devices maker reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.09. The programmable devices maker earned $723.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $725.73 million. Xilinx had a return on equity of 33.38% and a net margin of 27.05%. Xilinx's quarterly revenue was down 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.93 earnings per share. View Xilinx's Earnings History.

Xilinx is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Xilinx.

Xilinx updated its fourth quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $750-780 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $824.56 million.

20 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Xilinx's stock. Their forecasts range from $90.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect Xilinx's share price to reach $108.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Xilinx.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xilinx in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Xilinx.

Media coverage about XLNX stock has been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Xilinx earned a media sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the programmable devices maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Xilinx.

Xilinx saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,520,000 shares, an increase of 35.0% from the January 15th total of 4,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,064,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Xilinx's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Xilinx include Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Cree (CREE) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Xilinx investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Xilinx's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.20%), FMR LLC (2.30%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.69%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.63%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.38%). Company insiders that own Xilinx stock include Catia Hagopian, Elizabeth W Vanderslice, Emre Onder, John Michael Patterson, Lorenzo Flores, Mark Wadlington, Marshall C Turner, Saar Gillai, Salil Raje, Vamsi Boppana, Victor Peng, Vincent Tong and William Christopher Madden. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Xilinx.

XLNX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Fred Alger Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Man Group plc and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Xilinx company stock in the last year include Catia Hagopian, Elizabeth W Vanderslice, Emre Onder, John Michael Patterson, Mark Wadlington, Marshall C Turner, Saar Gillai, Salil Raje, Vamsi Boppana, Victor Peng, Vincent Tong and William Christopher Madden. View Insider Buying and Selling for Xilinx.

XLNX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Robecosam AG, Robecosam AG, Jennison Associates LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Xilinx.

Shares of XLNX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of XLNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.72.

Xilinx has a market capitalization of $21.83 billion and generates $3.06 billion in revenue each year. The programmable devices maker earns $889.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.48 on an earnings per share basis. Xilinx employs 4,433 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Xilinx.

The official website for Xilinx is http://www.xilinx.com/.

Xilinx's mailing address is 2100 Logic Drive, San Jose CA, 95124. The programmable devices maker can be reached via phone at 408-559-7778 or via email at [email protected]