NXPI FY2025 EPS Forecast Increased by Cantor Fitzgerald

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) – Equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of NXP Semiconductors in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse now expects that the semiconductor provider will post earnings per share of $10.49 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $10.43. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $250.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for NXP Semiconductors’ current full-year earnings is $11.33 per share.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.43 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.25 billion. NXP Semiconductors had a return on equity of 33.57% and a net margin of 20.98%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.31 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $231.00 to $210.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Citic Securities started coverage on NXP Semiconductors in a research note on Friday, October 11th. They issued a $288.00 target price for the company. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $287.00 to $252.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $330.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $260.00 to $240.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.15.

NXP Semiconductors Trading Up 1.7 %

NXPI opened at $216.82 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $55.11 billion, a PE ratio of 20.69, a PEG ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The business has a 50 day moving average of $214.42 and a 200-day moving average of $230.24. NXP Semiconductors has a 52 week low of $198.21 and a 52 week high of $296.08.

Institutional Trading of NXP Semiconductors

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. GDS Wealth Management grew its holdings in NXP Semiconductors by 7.7% during the third quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 55,740 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $13,378,000 after purchasing an additional 3,985 shares during the period. HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors in the third quarter valued at about $13,445,000. Merit Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of NXP Semiconductors in the fourth quarter valued at about $360,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise lifted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 60.2% in the third quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 25,850 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $6,204,000 after acquiring an additional 9,710 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Austin Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 140.6% in the fourth quarter. Austin Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,198 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $665,000 after acquiring an additional 1,869 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were issued a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio is presently 38.74%.

NXP Semiconductors Company Profile

NXP Semiconductors N.V. offers various semiconductor products. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors, including i.MX application processors, and i.MX 8 and 9 family of applications processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface devices; radio frequency power amplifiers; and security controllers, as well as semiconductor-based environmental and inertial sensors, including pressure, inertial, magnetic, and gyroscopic sensors.