Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) SVP Sells $31,781.75 in Stock

Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG) SVP Olivier Blachier sold 275 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.57, for a total value of $31,781.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 34,897 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,033,046.29. This represents a 0.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Olivier Blachier also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, February 20th, Olivier Blachier sold 1,664 shares of Entegris stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.49, for a total transaction of $218,799.36.

Entegris Price Performance

Shares of Entegris stock traded up $11.05 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $129.60. 3,723,753 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,906,840. The business has a fifty day moving average of $122.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $102.15. The company has a market capitalization of $19.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 84.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a quick ratio of 2.04, a current ratio of 3.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. Entegris, Inc. has a 1 year low of $61.96 and a 1 year high of $142.50.

Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.03. Entegris had a net margin of 7.37% and a return on equity of 10.87%. The firm had revenue of $823.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $811.04 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share. Entegris’s quarterly revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. Entegris has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.700-0.780 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Entegris, Inc. will post 3.51 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Entegris Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 28th were given a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 28th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Entegris’s dividend payout ratio is 25.97%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ENTG has been the subject of several analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Entegris in a report on Monday, December 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Entegris from $75.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Entegris in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Entegris from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Finally, Mizuho set a $150.00 price objective on Entegris in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Entegris currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $133.78.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Truist Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Entegris by 21.3% in the 3rd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 63,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,854,000 after buying an additional 11,119 shares during the period. Freedom Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Entegris by 105.8% during the 4th quarter. Freedom Financial Partners LLC now owns 34,051 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,869,000 after acquiring an additional 17,509 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Entegris by 10.1% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,876,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $543,325,000 after acquiring an additional 540,755 shares during the period. Mediolanum International Funds Ltd acquired a new position in Entegris in the 3rd quarter valued at about $12,093,000. Finally, Congress Asset Management Co. increased its stake in Entegris by 17.9% during the third quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 182,906 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $16,912,000 after purchasing an additional 27,813 shares during the period.

Entegris Company Profile

Entegris, Inc is a leading provider of advanced materials and process control solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries. The company develops and supplies a broad portfolio of products designed to ensure purity and reliability throughout the manufacturing process, helping customers address critical contamination and yield challenges.

Entegris’s product offerings include high-purity chemicals and specialty materials, liquid and gas filtration and purification systems, and sophisticated wafer and chip handling solutions.