NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI Shares Purchased by Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD

Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 33.5% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 3,342,675 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 839,113 shares during the quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $635,310,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NXPI. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 50.0% during the 1st quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 177 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 118.9% during the 1st quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 232 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 4th quarter valued at about $44,000. Rossby Financial LCC acquired a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 1st quarter valued at about $46,000. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 472.9% during the 1st quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 275 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Up 4.9%

Shares of NXPI opened at $234.83 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.21 billion, a PE ratio of 27.99, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.41. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 1 year low of $148.09 and a 1 year high of $257.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.74. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $221.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $207.71.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.90 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.20 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.890-3.300 EPS. Analysts forecast that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were given a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 25th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.39%.

Insider Transactions at NXP Semiconductors

In other news, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the sale, the president owned 4,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,088,628.06. This represents a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.34, for a total transaction of $1,542,501.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,520 shares in the company, valued at $345,556.80. This represents a 81.70% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 17,917 shares of company stock valued at $4,082,002. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NXPI has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $252.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $256.05.

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.