Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) Lowered to “Sell” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report issued on Saturday.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on AOSL. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $29.00 to $24.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Benchmark reduced their target price on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $32.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, B. Riley restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective (down previously from $40.00) on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $24.33.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Stock Performance

Shares of AOSL opened at $20.32 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $28.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $26.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 2.56 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $610.47 million, a PE ratio of -6.21 and a beta of 2.19. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a one year low of $15.90 and a one year high of $53.29.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $182.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $183.17 million. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 0.83% and a negative net margin of 13.93%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor will post -0.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 1.4% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,453,975 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $68,613,000 after buying an additional 33,959 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 12.7% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,411,400 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,217,000 after acquiring an additional 158,869 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,252,531 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $31,138,000 after acquiring an additional 63,286 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 86.4% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,109,377 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,467,000 after purchasing an additional 514,240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 43.4% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 908,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $22,574,000 after purchasing an additional 274,698 shares in 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.