Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) Raised to Strong-Buy at Benchmark

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) was upgraded by investment analysts at Benchmark to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Lattice Semiconductor in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Zacks Research upgraded Lattice Semiconductor from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Lattice Semiconductor from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Lattice Semiconductor from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $147.46.

Lattice Semiconductor Price Performance

LSCC stock opened at $120.47 on Tuesday. Lattice Semiconductor has a 1 year low of $60.50 and a 1 year high of $157.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.02 and a quick ratio of 2.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.51 billion, a PE ratio of 463.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.81. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $131.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $119.82.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $185.50 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 62.2% on a year-over-year basis. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.580 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Lattice Semiconductor will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Lattice Semiconductor

In related news, SVP Esam Elashmawi sold 15,742 shares of Lattice Semiconductor stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.77, for a total value of $2,121,549.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 155,420 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,945,953.40. The trade was a 9.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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. Also, SVP Tracy Ann Feanny sold 2,740 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.84, for a total transaction of $416,041.60. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 63,084 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,578,674.56. This trade represents a 4.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 28,502 shares of company stock worth $4,005,820 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor by 15,228.0% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 24,285,306 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,714,680,000 after purchasing an additional 24,126,868 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Lattice Semiconductor in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,637,161,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 177.3% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,076,616 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $445,538,000 after acquiring an additional 3,885,482 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,852,380 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $237,718,000 after acquiring an additional 85,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,457,389 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $254,433,000 after purchasing an additional 84,812 shares in the last quarter. 98.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Lattice Semiconductor Company Profile

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.