MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its stake in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD – Free Report) by 283.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 544 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 402 shares during the quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s holdings in Diodes were worth $29,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in Diodes by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 723,733 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,244,000 after acquiring an additional 36,488 shares during the period. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. boosted its position in Diodes by 107.6% during the 1st quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 539,170 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $23,276,000 after acquiring an additional 279,400 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in Diodes by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 494,235 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $21,336,000 after acquiring an additional 54,309 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Diodes by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 391,005 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $16,880,000 after acquiring an additional 47,500 shares during the period. Finally, Tributary Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Diodes by 26.0% during the 1st quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 367,306 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $15,857,000 after acquiring an additional 75,682 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.23% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Zacks Research upgraded Diodes to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 31st. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $62.00 price objective (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a report on Friday, June 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Diodes has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $55.00.
Insider Activity at Diodes
In related news, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total transaction of $56,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 59,479 shares in the company, valued at $3,352,236.44. This trade represents a 1.65% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $55.90, for a total value of $111,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 48,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,726,634.30. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Diodes Stock Performance
DIOD opened at $53.94 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $53.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $48.12. 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 $67.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.37 and a beta of 1.54.
Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.08. Diodes had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 4.59%.The company had revenue of $366.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $352.08 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.33 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current year.
Diodes 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.
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