Deutsche Bank AG Sells 7,361 Shares of Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Deutsche Bank AG trimmed its stake in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) by 16.6% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 36,953 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 7,361 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG owned about 0.08% of Diodes worth $1,595,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Signaturefd LLC grew its position in Diodes by 170.1% in the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 597 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 376 shares during the period. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Diodes in the fourth quarter valued at $251,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in Diodes in the first quarter valued at $212,000. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC bought a new stake in Diodes in the first quarter valued at $227,000. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in Diodes by 75.1% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,296 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $327,000 after acquiring an additional 2,271 shares during the period. 99.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Diodes Trading Up 5.7%

Shares of DIOD opened at $56.24 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.04, a current ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Diodes Incorporated has a 12-month low of $32.93 and a 12-month high of $72.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.61 billion, a PE ratio of 41.05 and a beta of 1.47. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $53.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.05.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.08. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.The firm had revenue of $366.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.08 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.33 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Diodes declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, May 8th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the semiconductor company to buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 3rd. Zacks Research upgraded Diodes to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $62.00 price target (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research note on Friday, June 13th. One 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 issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.