Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Increases Stock Position in Rambus, Inc. $RMBS

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) by 2.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,287,035 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 30,689 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned approximately 1.20% of Rambus worth $82,396,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of RMBS. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in Rambus by 12.3% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 27,507 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,424,000 after acquiring an additional 3,021 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Rambus by 26.3% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 80,016 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,143,000 after purchasing an additional 16,652 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Rambus by 269.5% in the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 26,163 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,355,000 after purchasing an additional 19,082 shares in the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new stake in shares of Rambus in the 1st quarter worth approximately $25,000. Finally, Harbour Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of Rambus by 7,510.0% in the 1st quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 1,522 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $79,000 after buying an additional 1,502 shares during the last quarter. 88.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on RMBS. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Rambus from $90.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 15th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 target price on shares of Rambus in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on Rambus from $114.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Rambus in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Rambus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 10th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $108.14.

Insider Activity at Rambus

In other news, Director Meera Rao sold 653 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.99, for a total transaction of $66,599.47. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 29,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,984,329.39. This represents a 2.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Desmond Lynch sold 9,074 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.70, for a total value of $832,085.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 64,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,908,231. This trade represents a 12.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 29,227 shares of company stock valued at $2,714,940 in the last quarter. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Rambus Stock Performance

RMBS opened at $95.61 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $99.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.31 and a beta of 1.47. Rambus, Inc. has a 52-week low of $40.12 and a 52-week high of $114.55.

Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by ($0.18). The company had revenue of $178.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $175.60 million. Rambus had a net margin of 33.72% and a return on equity of 17.73%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.45 earnings per share. Rambus has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts forecast that Rambus, Inc. will post 1.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Rambus

Rambus Inc provides semiconductor products in the United States, South Korea, Singapore, and internationally. The company offers DDR memory interface chips, including DDR5 and DDR4 memory interface chips to module manufacturers, OEMs, and hyperscalers; silicon IP, such as interface and security IP solutions that move and protect data in advanced data center, government, and automotive applications; and interface IP solutions for high-speed memory and chip-to-chip digital controller IP.