Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Purchases 1,060 Shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 38.7% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 3,799 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,060 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $722,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 1.1% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 8,134,050 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $1,545,958,000 after purchasing an additional 87,820 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 8.2% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,693,126 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $891,975,000 after purchasing an additional 353,782 shares during the last quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 10.6% in the first quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 4,519,132 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $858,902,000 after purchasing an additional 432,838 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 14.4% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,836,756 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $589,622,000 after purchasing an additional 357,309 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its position in NXP Semiconductors by 16.4% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 2,671,388 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $555,248,000 after buying an additional 377,048 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at NXP Semiconductors

In other news, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 9,132 shares of NXP Semiconductors stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.00, for a total value of $2,100,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 27,088 shares in the company, valued at $6,230,240. The trade was a 25.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available 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 stock was sold at an average price of $219.57, for a total transaction of $439,140.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 4,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,088,628.06. This represents a 28.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 17,917 shares of company stock worth $4,082,002 over the last three months. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $276.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Barclays upped their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $256.05.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Down 2.1%

NASDAQ:NXPI opened at $223.93 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a one year low of $148.09 and a one year high of $257.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $221.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $207.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.69, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.41.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 21st. The semiconductor provider reported $2.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.06. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.72% and a return on equity of 27.99%. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.20 earnings per share. 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, analysts forecast that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were issued a $1.014 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 25th. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. NXP Semiconductors’s payout ratio is 48.39%.

NXP Semiconductors Profile

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.