Benchmark Has Lowered Expectations for Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) Stock Price

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) had its price objective lowered by equities researchers at Benchmark from $32.00 to $25.00 in a research note issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the semiconductor company’s stock. Benchmark’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 23.03% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. B. Riley upped their price target on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $25.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $24.33.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AOSL opened at $20.32 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.56, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a 12 month low of $15.90 and a 12 month high of $53.29. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $28.43 and a 200-day moving average of $25.96. The company has a market capitalization of $610.47 million, a P/E ratio of -6.21 and a beta of 2.19.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $182.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $183.17 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor will post -0.82 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AOSL. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 94.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,221 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 594 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 4.0% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 120,105 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,986,000 after acquiring an additional 4,660 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Schweiz AG acquired a new position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor during the first quarter valued at approximately $19,434,000. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 117.7% during the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 2,221 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 1,201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 175.5% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 50,246 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,249,000 after purchasing an additional 32,009 shares during the last quarter. 78.97% of the stock is currently owned by 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.