NXP Semiconductors N.V. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $1.01 (NASDAQ:NXPI)

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 10th will be paid a dividend of 1.014 per share by the semiconductor provider on Wednesday, January 7th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 10th.

NXP Semiconductors has increased its dividend by an average of 0.3%per year over the last three years. NXP Semiconductors has a payout ratio of 29.4% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect NXP Semiconductors to earn $12.53 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $4.05 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 32.3%.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ NXPI opened at $190.06 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $215.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $216.29. The stock has a market cap of $47.83 billion, a PE ratio of 23.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. NXP Semiconductors has a 52-week low of $148.09 and a 52-week high of $255.45.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.12 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.15 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a net margin of 17.11% and a return on equity of 26.92%. NXP Semiconductors’s revenue was down 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.45 EPS. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.070-3.490 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that NXP Semiconductors will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NXPI has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. KGI Securities upgraded shares of NXP Semiconductors to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $289.00 to $292.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $215.00 price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $252.47.

About NXP Semiconductors

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.