Simon Quick Advisors LLC Lowers Holdings in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Simon Quick Advisors LLC lowered its position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 28.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 998 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after selling 397 shares during the period. Simon Quick Advisors LLC’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $218,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vantage Investment Partners LLC raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC now owns 34,193 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $7,471,000 after purchasing an additional 1,675 shares during the period. CCLA Investment Management raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. CCLA Investment Management now owns 545,580 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $119,121,000 after purchasing an additional 33,112 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 15.8% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 9,336 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 1,274 shares during the period. ARGA Investment Management LP raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 602.8% in the 2nd quarter. ARGA Investment Management LP now owns 283,677 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $61,981,000 after purchasing an additional 243,316 shares during the period. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 643,153 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $140,175,000 after purchasing an additional 34,211 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NXPI. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “buy” rating and a $276.00 price target for the company. Evercore ISI upped their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $289.00 to $292.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $257.47.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Down 2.8%

NXPI stock opened at $204.42 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.37, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $222.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $215.32. The company has a market cap of $51.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.30, a PEG ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.44. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 12 month low of $148.09 and a 12 month high of $255.45.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.12 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.15 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.11% and a return on equity of 26.92%. NXP Semiconductors’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.45 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.070-3.490 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th were issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 17th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 50.12%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 4,958 shares in the company, valued at $1,088,628.06. This trade represents a 28.74% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The stock was 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 $1,476,281.88. This represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.12% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.