Swiss National Bank Raises Stake in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 767,729 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after buying an additional 51,000 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $167,741,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $265,000 after acquiring an additional 218 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc increased its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 77.8% during the 1st quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 3,718 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $708,000 after purchasing an additional 1,627 shares during the period. Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its position in NXP Semiconductors by 9.1% during the 1st quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 2,016 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $383,000 after purchasing an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Burney Co. lifted its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Burney Co. now owns 8,077 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $1,535,000 after buying an additional 166 shares during the period. Finally, AE Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,066 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $1,153,000 after buying an additional 393 shares during the last quarter. 90.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NXP Semiconductors news, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total transaction of $216,210.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 6,828 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,476,281.88. This trade represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 8,372 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.01, for a total transaction of $1,733,087.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 19,175 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,969,416.75. This represents a 30.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on NXPI shares. Stifel Nicolaus set a $215.00 target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $220.00 price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $252.00 to $254.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $289.00 to $292.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $252.47.

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

Shares of NXPI opened at $191.35 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $148.09 and a fifty-two week high of $255.45. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $214.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $216.11. The stock has a market cap of $48.16 billion, a PE ratio of 23.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 2.37.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.11 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 the consensus estimate of $3.15 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 26.92% and a net margin of 17.11%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.45 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.070-3.490 EPS. Analysts anticipate that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 10th will be paid a $1.014 dividend. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 10th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is currently 50.12%.

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.