State of Wyoming Invests $389,000 in Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. $VSH

State of Wyoming bought a new position in Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 26,814 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $389,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bernzott Capital Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Vishay Intertechnology by 12.9% in the fourth quarter. Bernzott Capital Advisors now owns 549,780 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $7,966,000 after purchasing an additional 62,753 shares during the last quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vishay Intertechnology by 30.4% in the fourth quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 185,302 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,685,000 after purchasing an additional 43,149 shares during the last quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL bought a new position in shares of Vishay Intertechnology in the third quarter worth approximately $12,306,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vishay Intertechnology by 355.0% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 149,461 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,166,000 after purchasing an additional 116,609 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its holdings in shares of Vishay Intertechnology by 173.0% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 995,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,427,000 after purchasing an additional 630,917 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.66% of the company’s stock.

Vishay Intertechnology Stock Performance

Shares of Vishay Intertechnology stock opened at $57.24 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 5,723.50 and a beta of 1.76. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $22.99. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has a 12 month low of $11.77 and a 12 month high of $66.24.

Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 13th. The semiconductor company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $839.24 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $823.54 million. Vishay Intertechnology had a return on equity of 0.22% and a net margin of 0.07%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.03) earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. will post 0.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vishay Intertechnology Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Vishay Intertechnology’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,000.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VSH has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings raised Vishay Intertechnology from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Bank of America raised their price target on Vishay Intertechnology from $18.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Argus raised Vishay Intertechnology to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Zacks Research raised Vishay Intertechnology from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Vishay Intertechnology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Vishay Intertechnology has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $24.00.

Vishay Intertechnology Profile

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc is a global manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, serving a wide range of industries including industrial, automotive, computing, consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical, and military/aerospace markets. The company’s portfolio encompasses resistors, capacitors, inductors, sensors, diodes, rectifiers, MOSFETs and a variety of integrated circuit solutions. Vishay’s components are used in power management, signal conditioning, circuit protection and sensing applications, supporting both standard and custom designs for original equipment manufacturers worldwide.

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