Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI)

Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) by 141.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 14,056 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,224 shares during the quarter. Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in NXP Semiconductors were worth $2,922,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. ORG Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 915.4% in the 4th quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 132 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in NXP Semiconductors during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 169.2% in the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 140 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its position in NXP Semiconductors by 69.5% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fortitude Family Office LLC grew its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 52.4% during the fourth quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 218 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NXPI has been the topic of a number of research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $270.00 target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $370.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. StockNews.com upgraded NXP Semiconductors from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays dropped their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $280.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $285.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $270.85.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Performance

NXPI opened at $213.43 on Monday. NXP Semiconductors has a twelve month low of $202.25 and a twelve month high of $296.08. The stock has a market cap of $54.25 billion, a PE ratio of 20.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 1.47. The business’s 50 day moving average is $216.79 and its 200-day moving average is $233.77. The company has a current ratio of 2.35, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.45 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.43 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.25 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 33.57% and a net margin of 20.98%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.31 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that NXP Semiconductors will post 11.33 earnings per share for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a $1.014 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.90%. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 38.74%.

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.