Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) Rating Lowered to “Hold” at Wall Street Zen

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) was downgraded by equities researchers at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on LSCC. Weiss Ratings downgraded Lattice Semiconductor from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 25th. TD Cowen cut their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $62.00 to $57.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. KeyCorp upped their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $70.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $72.00 price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Benchmark upped their price objective on Lattice Semiconductor from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Lattice Semiconductor has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $70.25.

Lattice Semiconductor Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LSCC opened at $72.96 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.77 and a 200-day moving average price of $57.82. The company has a market cap of $9.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 317.23, a PEG ratio of 5.63 and a beta of 1.66. Lattice Semiconductor has a fifty-two week low of $34.69 and a fifty-two week high of $76.61.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24. The firm had revenue of $123.97 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.60 million. Lattice Semiconductor had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 6.47%.The company’s revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.260-0.300 EPS. Research analysts predict that Lattice Semiconductor will post 0.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Robin Ann Abrams sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.98, for a total value of $974,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 107,538 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,987,819.24. This represents a 12.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CAO Tonya Stevens sold 3,440 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.93, for a total value of $257,759.20. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 84,336 shares in the company, valued at $6,319,296.48. The trade was a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 27,844 shares of company stock valued at $1,852,392 over the last quarter. 1.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Lattice Semiconductor

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LSCC. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 65.7% in the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 560 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares during the period. Summit Securities Group LLC acquired a new stake in Lattice Semiconductor in the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Picton Mahoney Asset Management acquired a new stake in Lattice Semiconductor in the first quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 89.8% in the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 879 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 416 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in Lattice Semiconductor by 68.3% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,035 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 420 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

Lattice Semiconductor Company Profile

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Lattice Certus and ECP, Mach, iCE, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products.