Artemis Investment Management LLP Buys 99,286 Shares of Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Artemis Investment Management LLP increased its stake in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) by 28.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 450,633 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 99,286 shares during the quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP owned approximately 0.98% of Diodes worth $43,617,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Diodes in the second quarter valued at about $803,920,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Diodes during the 2nd quarter worth about $184,153,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Diodes by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,436,359 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $166,294,000 after buying an additional 53,934 shares in the last quarter. Andar Capital Management HK Ltd purchased a new position in Diodes in the 2nd quarter valued at about $80,000,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in Diodes in the 2nd quarter worth about $41,421,000. 99.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Diodes Price Performance

DIOD traded down $4.54 during trading on Thursday, reaching $96.11. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 104,898 shares, compared to its average volume of 567,528. The company has a quick ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 3.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $94.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $95.46. Diodes Incorporated has a 1 year low of $42.28 and a 1 year high of $125.99. The company has a market cap of $4.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.95 and a beta of 1.90.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.07. Diodes had a return on equity of 4.33% and a net margin of 5.27%.The business had revenue of $445.53 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.32 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Diodes has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.950-1.150 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Diodes Incorporated will post 3.15 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on DIOD. Zacks Research cut Diodes from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Robert W. Baird set a $192.00 price target on Diodes in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Diodes in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $135.00 price objective on Diodes in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America initiated coverage on Diodes in a report on Tuesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $135.00 price objective on the stock. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $135.00.

Diodes Profile

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD) is a semiconductor manufacturer that designs, manufactures and sells products used to manage, control and protect electrical power and signals. Its portfolio includes discrete semiconductor devices, power management products, standard and application-specific logic devices, analog components and mixed-signal products.

The company’s products include rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, bipolar transistors, diodes, protection devices, LED drivers, voltage regulators, converters, switches and signal-integrity components.