Insider Selling: Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) Director Sells $17,850.00 in Stock

Valens Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE:VLN) Director – Toledano Adi Yarel sold 5,100 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.50, for a total transaction of $17,850.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 164,253 shares in the company, valued at $574,885.50. The trade was a 3.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

– Toledano Adi Yarel also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 29th, – Toledano Adi Yarel sold 17,225 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.53, for a total transaction of $60,804.25.
• On Wednesday, May 13th, – Toledano Adi Yarel sold 19,179 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.02, for a total transaction of $57,920.58.
• On Thursday, April 30th, – Toledano Adi Yarel sold 38,358 shares of Valens Semiconductor stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $2.28, for a total transaction of $87,456.24.

Valens Semiconductor Trading Down 2.8%

NYSE:VLN opened at $3.22 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $331.61 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.38 and a beta of 1.28. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $2.11 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.77. Valens Semiconductor, Ltd. has a twelve month low of $1.10 and a twelve month high of $3.71.

Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.01. The business had revenue of $16.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.47 million. Valens Semiconductor had a negative net margin of 44.67% and a negative return on equity of 29.33%. On average, analysts predict that Valens Semiconductor, Ltd. will post -0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Valens Semiconductor from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Valens Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Valens Semiconductor from $3.00 to $4.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $4.00.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Valens Semiconductor

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VLN. Value Base Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Value Base Ltd. now owns 21,473,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,492,000 after purchasing an additional 812,482 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 56.4% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,790,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,542,000 after purchasing an additional 645,782 shares in the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 68.3% in the 4th quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,164,756 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,654,000 after purchasing an additional 472,876 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 373.5% in the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 461,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $655,000 after purchasing an additional 363,951 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its stake in shares of Valens Semiconductor by 116.4% in the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 541,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $969,000 after purchasing an additional 291,076 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 33.90% of the company’s stock.

About Valens Semiconductor

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.