Morningstar Investment Management LLC Makes New $292,000 Investment in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 1,335 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock, valued at approximately $292,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NXPI. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its position in NXP Semiconductors by 50.0% during the first quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 177 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 121.7% during the second quarter. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. now owns 153 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 118.9% during the first quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 232 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop National Bank acquired a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the second quarter worth $44,000. Finally, Rossby Financial LCC acquired a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the first quarter worth $46,000. 90.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on NXPI shares. Barclays lifted their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. KGI Securities raised NXP Semiconductors to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Truist Financial lifted their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $252.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen dropped their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $270.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $257.06.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Down 0.3%

NXPI stock opened at $216.11 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $54.49 billion, a PE ratio of 25.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.44. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $224.89 and a 200 day simple moving average of $210.37. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 52 week low of $148.09 and a 52 week high of $256.62. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.66 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.NXP Semiconductors’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.20 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th were issued a $1.014 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 17th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is 48.39%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NXP Semiconductors

In other NXP Semiconductors news, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total transaction of $216,210.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 6,828 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,476,281.88. The trade was a 12.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the sale, the president directly owned 4,958 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. The trade was a 28.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 9,785 shares of company stock worth $2,197,852 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Profile

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.