Walden Rhines Buys 29,000 Shares of Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) Stock

Silvaco Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVCO) CEO Walden Rhines bought 29,000 shares of Silvaco Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $4.07 per share, with a total value of $118,030.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 92,818 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $377,769.26. The trade was a 45.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Silvaco Group Price Performance

NASDAQ:SVCO traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $4.25. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 149,988 shares, compared to its average volume of 137,496. The business’s fifty day moving average is $5.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.01. The stock has a market cap of $130.22 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.13 and a beta of 3.18. Silvaco Group, Inc. has a 1 year low of $3.55 and a 1 year high of $9.93.

Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $18.67 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.95 million. Silvaco Group had a negative net margin of 47.59% and a negative return on equity of 15.53%. Silvaco Group has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts anticipate that Silvaco Group, Inc. will post -0.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SVCO has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $12.00 price objective on shares of Silvaco Group in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. TD Cowen dropped their price target on shares of Silvaco Group from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Silvaco Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Silvaco Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Silvaco Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $11.25.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Silvaco Group by 4,961.5% during the 2nd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,264 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 5,160 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Silvaco Group in the second quarter worth approximately $38,000. Blair William & Co. IL purchased a new stake in shares of Silvaco Group during the first quarter worth approximately $46,000. Strs Ohio acquired a new position in Silvaco Group in the 1st quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Silvaco Group by 27.3% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 2,895 shares in the last quarter.

Silvaco Group Company Profile

Silvaco Group Inc is a provider of TCAD, EDA software and SIP solutions which enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. The company’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design.