WINTON GROUP Ltd Sells 8,840 Shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL)

WINTON GROUP Ltd reduced its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) by 31.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,477 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 8,840 shares during the quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned 0.07% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor worth $721,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AOSL. Intech Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor during the 3rd quarter valued at about $219,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 4.9% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,853 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $403,000 after purchasing an additional 508 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 86.2% in the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 56,149 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,084,000 after buying an additional 25,991 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor during the 3rd quarter valued at $205,000. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 110.1% during the 3rd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 471,535 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $17,503,000 after buying an additional 247,051 shares during the period. 78.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

In other news, EVP Bing Xue sold 1,242 shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.00, for a total value of $43,470.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 115,368 shares in the company, valued at $4,037,880. The trade was a 1.07 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 16.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Stock Down 2.6 %

Shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock opened at $26.03 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a 12-month low of $19.38 and a 12-month high of $53.29. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.64. The company has a market cap of $765.67 million, a P/E ratio of -32.54 and a beta of 2.56.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.18) earnings per share 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%. Research analysts anticipate that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on AOSL. Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. StockNews.com raised Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor 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.