Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) Stock Falls 4.4% – Time to Sell?

Posted by Brian Himes on Oct 22nd, 2026

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:TSEM – Get Free Report) shares dropped 4.4% during trading on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $183.42 and last traded at $191.5320. Approximately 730,254 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 67% from the average session volume of 2,242,736 shares. The stock had previously closed at $200.30.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TSEM has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays assumed coverage on Tower Semiconductor in a research note on Friday, September 18th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $310.00 price objective for the company. National Bank Financial raised Tower Semiconductor to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Tower Semiconductor in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings cut Tower Semiconductor from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Finally, Mizuho assumed coverage on Tower Semiconductor in a research note on Friday, September 25th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $300.00 target price for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $316.00.

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Tower Semiconductor Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $21.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 72.64 and a beta of 0.89. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $221.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $232.83. The company has a current ratio of 4.91, a quick ratio of 4.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $460.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $454.68 million. Tower Semiconductor had a net margin of 16.94% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.41 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will post 3.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Tower Semiconductor

In other Tower Semiconductor news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 232 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.06, for a total transaction of $49,893.92. Following the transaction, the director owned 33,734 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,254,834.04. This trade represents a 0.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Russell Ellwanger sold 104,226 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.34, for a total value of $25,883,484.84. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 526,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $130,822,531.92. This represents a 16.52% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 181,767 shares of company stock worth $45,610,065 in the last 90 days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tower Semiconductor

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 0.6% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,081,175 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $189,723,000 after purchasing an additional 6,458 shares during the last quarter. E20 Capital Ltd bought a new stake in Tower Semiconductor during the first quarter valued at $107,708,000. Swiss National Bank increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 86.0% during the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 414,850 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $70,625,000 after purchasing an additional 191,839 shares during the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 1,175.6% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 340,108 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $58,025,000 after purchasing an additional 313,445 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its holdings in shares of Tower Semiconductor by 9.7% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 274,749 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $48,213,000 after purchasing an additional 24,200 shares during the period. 70.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Tower Semiconductor

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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is an Israeli specialty semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and system companies. The company provides process technologies and production services rather than selling branded end-user electronics.

Its offerings include analog and mixed-signal technologies, radio-frequency and high-voltage circuits, power management solutions, image sensors, and specialty memory products.