NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI Stock Holdings Lessened by Verdence Capital Advisors LLC

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC lowered its stake in NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 14.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 996 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after selling 166 shares during the period. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $218,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fox Run Management L.L.C. raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 3.3% in the first quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 1,669 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $317,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. AlphaCore Capital LLC raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 3.5% in the first quarter. AlphaCore Capital LLC now owns 1,635 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $312,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. TFB Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 4.9% in the first quarter. TFB Advisors LLC now owns 1,203 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $229,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 14.7% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $85,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the period. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 0.3% in the first quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 21,810 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $4,145,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $252.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $276.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NXP Semiconductors currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $257.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NXP Semiconductors news, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 4,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. This trade represents a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total value of $216,210.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 6,828 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,476,281.88. The trade was a 12.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 9,785 shares of company stock worth $2,197,852 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Up 0.1%

NXPI opened at $217.41 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $148.09 and a fifty-two week high of $256.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $225.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $210.60. The company has a market capitalization of $54.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.91, a P/E/G ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.44.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.66 by $0.06. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The firm had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.20 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th were paid 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 yield of 1.9%. NXP Semiconductors’s payout ratio is currently 48.39%.

NXP Semiconductors Profile

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.