First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Takes $211,000 Position in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 967 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock, valued at approximately $211,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vantage Investment Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 5.2% during the second quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC now owns 34,193 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $7,471,000 after acquiring an additional 1,675 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 15.8% during the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 9,336 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after acquiring an additional 1,274 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 5.6% during the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 643,153 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $140,175,000 after acquiring an additional 34,211 shares during the period. Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 956.1% during the second quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,563 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $342,000 after acquiring an additional 1,415 shares during the period. Finally, Generate Investment Management Ltd purchased a new position in NXP Semiconductors during the second quarter valued at approximately $8,737,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Performance

NXPI stock opened at $221.56 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The company has a market capitalization of $55.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.44. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a 12 month low of $148.09 and a 12 month high of $256.62. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $224.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $213.39.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.12 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.15 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 27.99% and a net margin of 17.72%.The business’s revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.45 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.070-3.490 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 17th were issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 17th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.39%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NXP Semiconductors

In related news, EVP Andrew Micallef sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.21, for a total transaction of $216,210.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 6,828 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,476,281.88. This represents a 12.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, President Rafael Sotomayor sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the president directly owned 4,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. KGI Securities raised shares of NXP Semiconductors to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $257.06.

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.