Investors Buy High Volume of Call Options on Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN)

Valens Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE:VLN) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Traders acquired 5,920 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 202% compared to the typical daily volume of 1,962 call options.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Valens Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Valens Semiconductor from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on shares of Valens Semiconductor from $3.00 to $4.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Valens Semiconductor has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $4.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Amir Boim sold 8,507 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock in a transaction on Friday, May 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.55, for a total value of $30,199.85. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 403,968 shares in the company, valued at $1,434,086.40. This trade represents a 2.06% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director – Toledano Adi Yarel sold 38,358 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $2.28, for a total transaction of $87,456.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 183,432 shares in the company, valued at approximately $418,224.96. This trade represents a 17.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 117,300 shares of company stock worth $310,848. 58.92% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VLN. Engineers Gate Manager LP acquired a new position in shares of Valens Semiconductor during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. HRT Financial LP acquired a new position in Valens Semiconductor in the 4th quarter valued at about $53,000. XTX Topco Ltd raised its stake in Valens Semiconductor by 56.8% in the 4th quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 45,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after purchasing an additional 16,557 shares during the last quarter. Man Group plc acquired a new position in Valens Semiconductor in the 4th quarter valued at about $78,000. Finally, Graham Capital Management L.P. raised its stake in Valens Semiconductor by 48.6% in the 4th quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 98,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $139,000 after purchasing an additional 32,081 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 33.90% of the company’s stock.

Valens Semiconductor Trading Up 5.2%

Shares of NYSE:VLN traded up $0.11 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $2.22. 3,399,420 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,647,449. The stock has a market cap of $228.77 million, a P/E ratio of -7.16 and a beta of 1.28. Valens Semiconductor has a twelve month low of $1.10 and a twelve month high of $3.71. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $2.17 and a 200-day moving average price of $1.79.

Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.01. The business had revenue of $16.86 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.47 million. Valens Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 29.33% and a negative net margin of 44.67%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Valens Semiconductor will post -0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

About Valens Semiconductor

Valens Semiconductor Corp. is a provider of high-speed connectivity solutions, specializing in semiconductor chipsets that enable the transmission of uncompressed video, audio and data over common cabling such as twisted-pair and coax. The company’s flagship technology, HDBaseT, supports the simultaneous delivery of multiple signal types—including HDMI, USB, Ethernet and power—over a single cable. This multi-service approach addresses the growing demands of both consumer electronics and automotive infotainment systems, where bandwidth, reliability and low latency are critical.

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Israel, Valens maintains research and development operations across North America, Europe and Asia.