Parallel Advisors LLC Increases Stake in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) by 52.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 259 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC’s holdings in Diodes were worth $40,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Diodes by 1.9% in the first quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 15,696 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $678,000 after acquiring an additional 297 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Diodes by 5.4% in the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,290 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $272,000 after purchasing an additional 323 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC increased its stake in Diodes by 170.1% in the 1st quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 597 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 376 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Diodes by 12.4% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 6,028 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $260,000 after buying an additional 663 shares during the period. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank increased its holdings in Diodes by 7.2% during the first quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 12,725 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $549,000 after buying an additional 856 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Diodes

In related news, 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 transaction of $111,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 48,777 shares in the company, valued at $2,726,634.30. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Emily Yang sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.36, for a total value of $56,360.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 59,479 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,352,236.44. This represents a 1.65% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Diodes Price Performance

NASDAQ:DIOD opened at $53.10 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $52.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $48.35. The company has a market capitalization of $2.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.76 and a beta of 1.55. Diodes Incorporated has a 52 week low of $32.93 and a 52 week high of $67.40. 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 (NASDAQ:DIOD) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.08 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.33 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Diodes has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Diodes to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $62.00 price objective (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Diodes in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.