Insider Selling: Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) SVP Sells $2,121,549.34 in Stock

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) SVP Esam Elashmawi sold 15,742 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.77, for a total transaction of $2,121,549.34. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 155,420 shares in the company, valued at $20,945,953.40. This represents a 9.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Lattice Semiconductor Stock Down 6.4%

NASDAQ:LSCC traded down $8.46 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $124.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,326,709 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,039,500. The company has a market cap of $17.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 477.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.81. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a one year low of $59.37 and a one year high of $157.01. The business’s 50-day moving average is $135.29 and its 200-day moving average is $117.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.02 and a quick ratio of 2.33.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.09. Lattice Semiconductor had a return on equity of 10.92% and a net margin of 5.58%.The company had revenue of $201.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $185.50 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.24 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 62.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.580 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Lattice Semiconductor Corporation will post 1.12 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on LSCC. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Lattice Semiconductor from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $175.00 target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $144.38.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Lattice Semiconductor

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong bought a new stake in Lattice Semiconductor in the 4th quarter valued at $8,344,000. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC now owns 1,474,949 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $108,527,000 after acquiring an additional 49,001 shares during the period. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 10.1% during the 4th quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 883,165 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $64,983,000 after acquiring an additional 81,023 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 33.9% during the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 282,253 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $20,768,000 after acquiring an additional 71,401 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming bought a new stake in Lattice Semiconductor in the second quarter valued at about $3,155,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a U.S.-based semiconductor company specializing in low-power, small-footprint programmable logic devices. The company’s product portfolio centers on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and related intellectual property cores that enable customers to implement custom digital functions in applications where energy efficiency and compact size are critical. Lattice’s solutions are widely used to accelerate edge computing, support video and sensor interfaces, and provide flexible I/O connectivity across a variety of end markets.

The company offers a range of FPGA families, including the iCE40 series for ultra-low power mobile and consumer applications, the MachXO series for embedded control and security, and the ECP5 series for midrange performance in communications, industrial automation and automotive domains.