NXPI FY2025 EPS Forecast Increased by Cantor Fitzgerald

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

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

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Susquehanna lowered their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $235.00 to $225.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $330.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced 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. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded NXP Semiconductors from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $260.00 to $257.00 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $235.00 to $231.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $263.15.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Up 1.7 %

NXP Semiconductors stock opened at $216.82 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $214.42 and a two-hundred day moving average of $230.24. 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 firm has a market cap of $55.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.69, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.46. NXP Semiconductors has a twelve month low of $198.21 and a twelve month high of $296.08.

Institutional Trading of NXP Semiconductors

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. ORG Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 915.4% during the 4th quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 132 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 119 shares during the period. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in NXP Semiconductors in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its position in NXP Semiconductors by 169.2% in the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 140 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 88 shares during the period. Smithfield Trust Co purchased a new stake in NXP Semiconductors in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group raised its position in NXP Semiconductors by 69.5% in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.54% of the company’s stock.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. NXP Semiconductors’s 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.