Nuveen LLC Acquires New Holdings in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 129,568 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,593,000. Nuveen LLC owned 0.28% of Diodes as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of DIOD. Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in Diodes by 170.1% during the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 597 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 376 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in Diodes during the first quarter valued at approximately $212,000. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC purchased a new position in Diodes during the first quarter valued at approximately $227,000. First National Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Diodes during the first quarter valued at approximately $236,000. Finally, Brevan Howard Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Diodes in the fourth quarter worth $251,000. 99.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Diodes Trading Down 1.7%

NASDAQ:DIOD opened at $55.26 on Tuesday. Diodes Incorporated has a 12 month low of $32.93 and a 12 month high of $72.76. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.09 and a 200-day simple moving average of $47.91. The company has a current ratio of 3.33, a quick ratio of 2.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company has a market capitalization of $2.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.34 and a beta of 1.47.

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

Diodes announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, May 8th that allows the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the semiconductor company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DIOD has been the topic of several analyst reports. Zacks Research raised shares of Diodes to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $62.00 price target (up from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a report on Friday, June 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Diodes from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $55.00.

Diodes Company Profile

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.