Clark Capital Management Group Inc. Increases Holdings in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Clark Capital Management Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 5.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,445 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc.’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $275,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 20.6% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 20,082 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $4,174,000 after buying an additional 828 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 19,755 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $4,106,000 after acquiring an additional 741 shares during the last quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co now owns 4,731 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $983,000 after acquiring an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kettle Hill Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,215,000. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NXP Semiconductors Price Performance

Shares of NXPI stock opened at $226.74 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 52-week low of $148.09 and a 52-week high of $256.62. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $57.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.03, a P/E/G ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $225.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $208.51.

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

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 17th will be issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 17th. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 48.39%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $276.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $230.00 to $252.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $276.00 price target for the company. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $256.05.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO William Betz sold 6,785 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.34, for a total transaction of $1,542,501.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,520 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $345,556.80. This trade represents a 81.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 4,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,088,628.06. This represents a 28.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 17,917 shares of company stock worth $4,082,002 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

About NXP Semiconductors

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.