Magnetar Financial LLC Makes New $1.87 Million Investment in NXP Semiconductors N.V. $NXPI

Magnetar Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 8,207 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,869,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NXPI. Norges Bank bought a new position in NXP Semiconductors in the second quarter worth $453,050,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 307.7% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,179,129 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $268,523,000 after buying an additional 889,883 shares during the period. Boston Partners grew its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 73.6% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 2,086,769 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $454,862,000 after buying an additional 884,403 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 56.3% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 1,916,922 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $418,828,000 after acquiring an additional 690,277 shares in the last quarter. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System increased its stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 104.3% in the 2nd quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 912,463 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $199,364,000 after acquiring an additional 465,820 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $285.00 to $255.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of NXP Semiconductors from $260.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Mizuho lowered their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $285.00 to $255.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $285.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $253.67.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Down 4.3%

NASDAQ:NXPI opened at $191.22 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. has a one year low of $148.09 and a one year high of $256.36. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $229.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $222.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.38.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The semiconductor provider reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.31 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $3.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.30 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 26.72% and a net margin of 16.47%.NXP Semiconductors’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. NXP Semiconductors has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.770-3.170 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that NXP Semiconductors N.V. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 25th will be given a $1.014 dividend. This represents a $4.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 25th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is presently 51.13%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Jennifer Wuamett sold 12,425 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.94, for a total transaction of $2,745,179.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 11,811 shares in the company, valued at $2,609,522.34. This trade represents a 51.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, that designs and supplies mixed-signal and standard product solutions for a broad range of end markets. The company focuses on enabling secure connections and infrastructure for embedded applications, developing technologies used across automotive, industrial and Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, and communication infrastructure segments. NXP’s offerings target customers that require reliable, secure, and high-performance semiconductor components for connected devices and systems.

Product lines include microcontrollers and application processors, secure elements and authentication technologies, RF and high-power analog components, connectivity solutions, and vehicle networking and infotainment systems.