Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) Shares Gap Down Following Analyst Downgrade

Shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) gapped down prior to trading on Thursday after Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on the stock from $29.00 to $24.00. The stock had previously closed at $27.10, but opened at $20.09. Stifel Nicolaus currently has a hold rating on the stock. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor shares last traded at $19.6450, with a volume of 332,591 shares traded.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Benchmark lowered their target price on Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $32.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, B. Riley reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $24.00 target price (down from $40.00) on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research note on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $24.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AOSL. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 137.6% during the 2nd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,012 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 586 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 634.8% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,036 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 895 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 94.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,221 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 594 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 49.0% in the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,533 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 504 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 953.2% in the 2nd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,801 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 1,630 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 78.97% of the company’s stock.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Trading Down 28.7%

The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $28.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 2.56. The firm has a market cap of $580.55 million, a P/E ratio of -5.91 and a beta of 2.19.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.03. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 0.83% and a negative net margin of 13.93%.The business had revenue of $182.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $183.17 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.21 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

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.