Tower Semiconductor Ltd. $TSEM Shares Sold by Hodges Capital Management Inc.

Hodges Capital Management Inc. decreased its stake in shares of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:TSEMFree Report) by 48.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 64,794 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 61,438 shares during the period. Hodges Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 0.06% of Tower Semiconductor worth $7,608,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,338,080 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $507,317,000 after buying an additional 53,112 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 3,002,806 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $352,589,000 after buying an additional 25,000 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 214.7% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,206,467 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $259,083,000 after buying an additional 1,505,421 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in Tower Semiconductor by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,108,004 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $152,409,000 after buying an additional 15,461 shares during the period. Finally, Capital International Investors acquired a new position in Tower Semiconductor during the 4th quarter valued at about $222,530,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.51% of the company’s stock.

Tower Semiconductor Stock Performance

NASDAQ:TSEM opened at $233.54 on Thursday. Tower Semiconductor Ltd. has a twelve month low of $37.48 and a twelve month high of $302.86. The company has a current ratio of 5.63, a quick ratio of 4.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a 50-day moving average of $230.74 and a 200-day moving average of $163.93. The firm has a market cap of $26.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.62 and a beta of 0.87.

Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEMGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 13th. The semiconductor company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.09. Tower Semiconductor had a net margin of 15.13% and a return on equity of 8.54%. The company had revenue of $413.63 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $410.72 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.35 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have commented on TSEM shares. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $114.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wedbush raised their target price on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $140.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Benchmark raised their price objective on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $230.00 to $335.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $180.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Tower Semiconductor currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $276.75.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on TSEM

Tower Semiconductor Company Profile

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Tower Semiconductor, traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TSEM, is a specialty foundry company that provides analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturing services to a broad array of customers worldwide. The company focuses on delivering tailored process technologies for high-growth markets, including radio frequency (RF), power management, imaging, automotive electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. By combining deep process know-how with flexible manufacturing capabilities, Tower Semiconductor supports the development and volume production of advanced semiconductor devices for fabless and integrated device manufacturer customers.

The company’s technology portfolio spans standard and specialty processes such as CMOS, BiCMOS, high-voltage, radio frequency, silicon photonics, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and image sensor production.

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