Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.12 EPS

Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28 by ($0.12), Zacks reports. Power Integrations had a net margin of 9.27% and a return on equity of 4.14%. Power Integrations updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Power Integrations Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ POWI traded down $1.74 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $60.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 514,468 shares, compared to its average volume of 432,478. Power Integrations has a 1-year low of $56.63 and a 1-year high of $85.00. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $62.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $63.42. The firm has a market cap of $3.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.07, a P/E/G ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.11.

Power Integrations Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. This is a boost from Power Integrations’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th. Power Integrations’s dividend payout ratio is 127.27%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, VP Doug Bailey sold 8,549 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.96, for a total value of $555,343.04. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 86,375 shares in the company, valued at $5,610,920. This trade represents a 9.01 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, VP Clifford Walker sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.36, for a total transaction of $643,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 130,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,426,912.24. The trade was a 7.10 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

POWI has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Susquehanna decreased their price objective on shares of Power Integrations from $80.00 to $77.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $78.00 price objective on shares of Power Integrations in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Power Integrations from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $78.00.

Power Integrations Company Profile

Power Integrations, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), and other electronic components and circuitry used in high-voltage power conversion worldwide. The company provides a range of alternating current to direct current power conversion products that address power supply ranging from less than one watt of output to approximately 500 watts of output for mobile-device chargers, consumer appliances, utility meters, LCD monitors, main and standby power supplies for desktop computers and TVs, LED lighting, and various other consumer and industrial applications, as well as power conversion in high-power applications comprising industrial motors, solar and wind-power systems, electric vehicles, and high-voltage DC transmission systems.