Analysts Set Expectations for NXPI FY2025 Earnings

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) – Investment analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for NXP Semiconductors in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse forecasts that the semiconductor provider will post earnings per share of $10.43 for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $270.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for NXP Semiconductors’ current full-year earnings is $11.33 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on NXPI. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of NXP Semiconductors from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $260.00 to $257.00 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Truist Financial dropped their price target on NXP Semiconductors from $287.00 to $252.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $275.00 to $260.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. TD Cowen decreased their price objective on NXP Semiconductors from $300.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Susquehanna cut their target price on NXP Semiconductors from $260.00 to $250.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $271.60.

NXP Semiconductors Stock Performance

Shares of NXPI stock opened at $214.88 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $217.27 and a 200-day moving average of $235.49. The company has a market cap of $54.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. NXP Semiconductors has a 52 week low of $202.25 and a 52 week high of $296.08.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor provider reported $3.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.02. The company 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 firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.31 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NXP Semiconductors

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NXPI. Harrell Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 14,247 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $2,961,000 after buying an additional 379 shares in the last quarter. Clarendon Private LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NXP Semiconductors in the 4th quarter valued at $317,000. Affinity Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NXP Semiconductors by 14.1% during the 4th quarter. Affinity Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,103 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock valued at $229,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. Grimes & Company Inc. raised its position in NXP Semiconductors by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Grimes & Company Inc. now owns 36,766 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $7,642,000 after purchasing an additional 1,977 shares during the period. Finally, CX Institutional lifted its stake in NXP Semiconductors by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. CX Institutional now owns 3,476 shares of the semiconductor provider’s stock worth $723,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. 90.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NXP Semiconductors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were paid a dividend of $1.014 per share. This represents a $4.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. NXP Semiconductors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.