Entegris, Inc. (ENTG) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 28th

Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share by the semiconductor company on Wednesday, November 18th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 28th.

Entegris has a dividend payout ratio of 10.6% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Entegris to earn $4.96 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.40 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 8.1%.

Entegris Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ENTG opened at $146.87 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $22.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.80, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.40. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $147.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $143.55. The company has a current ratio of 3.05, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. Entegris has a 1-year low of $67.97 and a 1-year high of $186.94.

Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.11. Entegris had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 9.18%. The business had revenue of $883.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $835.79 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.66 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. Entegris has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.960-1.040 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Entegris will post 3.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Entegris news, insider Olivier Blachier sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.66, for a total transaction of $321,320.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 34,997 shares in the company, valued at $5,622,618.02. This represents a 5.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale 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, SVP Susan Rice sold 2,062 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $149.52, for a total transaction of $308,310.24. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 66,976 shares in the company, valued at $10,014,251.52. The trade was a 2.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 7,978 shares of company stock valued at $1,273,734 over the last quarter. 0.53% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Entegris

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new stake in Entegris in the second quarter valued at about $69,930,000. Man Group plc bought a new position in Entegris in the second quarter valued at about $2,461,000. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in Entegris in the second quarter valued at about $3,683,556,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Entegris by 101.9% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 9,253 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $783,000 after acquiring an additional 4,671 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SEB Asset Management AB acquired a new position in Entegris during the first quarter worth about $5,423,000.

About Entegris

Entegris, Inc is a global supplier of advanced materials and process solutions used in the semiconductor and other high-technology industries. The company helps manufacturers protect, purify, transport and process the highly sensitive materials used to produce integrated circuits, memory devices and other electronic components.

Its products and services include specialty chemicals and gases, liquid and gas filtration systems, wafer-handling and wafer-shipping products, contamination-control solutions, chemical-mechanical planarization materials, deposition materials and solutions for semiconductor packaging.