Tower Research Capital LLC TRC Has $345,000 Holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL)

Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) by 456.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 9,313 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 7,640 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC’s holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor were worth $345,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of AOSL. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong acquired a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at $8,014,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 162.3% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 132,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,895,000 after purchasing an additional 81,800 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 633,345 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $23,453,000 after purchasing an additional 70,100 shares during the period. Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at $2,523,000. Finally, Polymer Capital Management HK LTD acquired a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at $1,828,000. 78.97% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $30.00 to $18.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. StockNews.com raised shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Benchmark upped their price target on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Price Performance

AOSL stock opened at $19.41 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $570.95 million, a PE ratio of -24.26 and a beta of 2.48. The company’s 50-day moving average is $23.43 and its 200-day moving average is $32.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.50. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a 1 year low of $15.90 and a 1 year high of $53.29.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by ($0.26). Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 0.23% and a negative net margin of 3.46%. Equities research analysts expect that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

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.