Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) Downgraded to “Sell” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday.

VLN has been the topic of a number of other reports. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price objective on Valens Semiconductor from $4.00 to $3.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Valens Semiconductor in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Valens Semiconductor presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $3.00.

Valens Semiconductor Price Performance

VLN opened at $1.49 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $153.03 million, a P/E ratio of -4.79 and a beta of 0.26. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $1.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.75. Valens Semiconductor has a fifty-two week low of $1.37 and a fifty-two week high of $3.34.

Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.03) by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $19.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $18.78 million. Valens Semiconductor had a negative return on equity of 26.26% and a negative net margin of 44.72%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Valens Semiconductor will post -0.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Valens Semiconductor

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Creative Planning bought a new position in shares of Valens Semiconductor in the second quarter valued at about $213,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Valens Semiconductor by 417.3% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 86,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $226,000 after acquiring an additional 69,439 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP increased its position in Valens Semiconductor by 84.5% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 520,062 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,368,000 after acquiring an additional 238,228 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 116.4% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 541,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after acquiring an additional 291,076 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IGP Investments G.P.L.P LP lifted its position in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 0.9% during the third quarter. IGP Investments G.P.L.P LP now owns 3,489,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,247,000 after purchasing an additional 29,790 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 33.90% of the company’s stock.

Valens Semiconductor Company Profile

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.