Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) Price Target Lowered to $24.00 at Stifel Nicolaus

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) had its target price lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $29.00 to $24.00 in a report published on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a hold rating on the semiconductor company’s stock.

AOSL has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Benchmark cut their price target on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $32.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, B. Riley reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective (down previously from $40.00) on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $24.33.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Price Performance

NASDAQ:AOSL traded up $0.67 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $20.32. 671,266 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 410,894. The firm has a market cap of $610.47 million, a P/E ratio of -6.21 and a beta of 2.19. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 2.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.96. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a 52 week low of $15.90 and a 52 week high of $53.29.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.03. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 0.83% and a negative net margin of 13.93%.The firm had revenue of $182.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $183.17 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor will post -0.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 1.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,453,975 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $68,613,000 after buying an additional 33,959 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 12.7% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,411,400 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,217,000 after buying an additional 158,869 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 5.3% in the first quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,252,531 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,138,000 after acquiring an additional 63,286 shares during the period. Boston Partners increased its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 86.4% during the second quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,109,377 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,467,000 after acquiring an additional 514,240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 43.4% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 908,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $22,574,000 after acquiring an additional 274,698 shares during the period. 78.97% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.