Calamos Wealth Management LLC Has $10.11 Million Stock Position in NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI)

Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 12.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 48,651 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after buying an additional 5,553 shares during the quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $10,112,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NXPI. GDS Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 7.7% during the 3rd quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 55,740 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $13,378,000 after buying an additional 3,985 shares during the last quarter. HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in NXP Semiconductors during the third quarter valued at about $13,445,000. Merit Financial Group LLC bought a new position in NXP Semiconductors during the fourth quarter worth about $360,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise increased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 60.2% in the third quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 25,850 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $6,204,000 after purchasing an additional 9,710 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Austin Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 140.6% in the fourth quarter. Austin Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,198 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $665,000 after purchasing an additional 1,869 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Down 1.8 %

NXPI opened at $204.73 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $52.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.54, a PEG ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.46. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $215.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $231.35. NXP Semiconductors has a one year low of $198.21 and a one year high of $296.08.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.43 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.25 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 33.57% and a net margin of 20.98%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.31 EPS. Analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors will post 11.33 EPS for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.98%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 38.74%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NXPI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $235.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $235.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $280.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of NXP Semiconductors from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $260.00 to $257.00 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reduced their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $300.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $270.85.

NXP Semiconductors Company 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.