MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSI) Rating Lowered to “Hold” at Wall Street Zen

MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSI) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on MTSI. Truist Financial increased their target price on MACOM Technology Solutions from $136.00 to $154.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. TD Cowen initiated coverage on MACOM Technology Solutions in a research report on Wednesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective for the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on MACOM Technology Solutions from $140.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Bank of America raised their price objective on MACOM Technology Solutions from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of MACOM Technology Solutions in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $146.56.

MACOM Technology Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MTSI stock opened at $127.41 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.10. MACOM Technology Solutions has a fifty-two week low of $84.00 and a fifty-two week high of $152.50. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $129.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $123.17. The firm has a market cap of $9.49 billion, a P/E ratio of -126.15, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.48.

MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.01. MACOM Technology Solutions had a positive return on equity of 14.02% and a negative net margin of 7.71%.The company had revenue of $252.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $249.89 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.66 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 32.3% compared to the same quarter last year. MACOM Technology Solutions has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.910-0.950 EPS. Analysts predict that MACOM Technology Solutions will post 2.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Jihye Whang Rosenband sold 800 shares of MACOM Technology Solutions stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.81, for a total value of $99,048.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,189 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $890,070.09. This trade represents a 10.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Susan Ocampo sold 150,000 shares of MACOM Technology Solutions stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.09, for a total value of $19,963,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 3,372,186 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $448,804,234.74. This trade represents a 4.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 753,235 shares of company stock valued at $99,772,780 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 16.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MACOM Technology Solutions

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of MACOM Technology Solutions by 106.4% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,158 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $596,000 after buying an additional 2,143 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of MACOM Technology Solutions by 19.4% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,347 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $475,000 after buying an additional 543 shares during the period. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of MACOM Technology Solutions by 59.9% in the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 25,137 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,602,000 after buying an additional 9,417 shares during the period. Ion Asset Management Ltd. increased its stake in shares of MACOM Technology Solutions by 53.8% in the 2nd quarter. Ion Asset Management Ltd. now owns 20,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,866,000 after buying an additional 7,000 shares during the period. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its position in shares of MACOM Technology Solutions by 18.5% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 10,767 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,543,000 after purchasing an additional 1,683 shares during the last quarter. 76.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About MACOM Technology Solutions

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter wave, and lightwave spectrum in the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and internationally.