Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Increases Holdings in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) by 5.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 723,733 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 36,488 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned about 1.56% of Diodes worth $31,244,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DIOD. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its stake in Diodes by 8.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 6,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $376,000 after purchasing an additional 476 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Diodes in the 4th quarter worth about $7,063,000. Sterling Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Diodes by 789.7% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,290 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 1,145 shares during the period. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in Diodes by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 82,419 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,083,000 after purchasing an additional 2,620 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in Diodes by 45.8% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 57,028 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,517,000 after purchasing an additional 17,913 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

Diodes Stock Performance

NASDAQ:DIOD opened at $53.04 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $52.78 and a 200 day moving average of $48.04. The company has a market capitalization of $2.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.72 and a beta of 1.47. Diodes Incorporated has a 1-year low of $32.93 and a 1-year high of $72.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.33 and a quick ratio of 2.04.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $366.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $352.08 million. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.The business’s revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.33 earnings per share. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Diodes announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, May 8th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the semiconductor company to buy up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DIOD has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $62.00 price target (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Diodes to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $55.00.

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies application-specific standard products in the broad discrete, logic, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor markets worldwide. The company offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, SiC MOSFETs; data line protection, power line protection, thyristers, USB Type-C protection, and transient voltage suppressors; Schottky, small signal switching, Zener, and SiC diodes; bridges, super barrier, Schottky, Schottky bridge, and fast/ultra-fast rectifiers; and bipolar, avalanche, gate driver, and pre-bias transistors.