Federated Hermes Inc. Raises Position in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Federated Hermes Inc. increased its stake in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) by 7,735.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,465 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,140 shares during the quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. owned approximately 0.05% of Diodes worth $1,355,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Diodes by 12.4% in 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. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in Diodes by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 27,148 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,172,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in Diodes by 13.8% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 391,005 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $16,880,000 after acquiring an additional 47,500 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP purchased a new stake in Diodes during the first quarter valued at about $559,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in Diodes by 6.8% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 104,719 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,521,000 after purchasing an additional 6,708 shares during the period. 99.23% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Diodes from $51.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Diodes from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered Diodes from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Diodes from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $55.33.

Diodes Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of DIOD stock opened at $59.71 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 2.09 and a current ratio of 3.32. Diodes Incorporated has a 52-week low of $32.93 and a 52-week high of $61.50. The company has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion, a PE ratio of 43.27 and a beta of 1.66. The business’s fifty day moving average is $53.54 and its 200 day moving average is $52.50.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.01). Diodes had a return on equity of 2.81% and a net margin of 4.49%.The business had revenue of $392.17 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $392.17 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.43 earnings per share. Diodes’s quarterly revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Diodes

In other Diodes news, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 830 shares of Diodes stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.85, for a total transaction of $50,505.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 67,141 shares in the company, valued at $4,085,529.85. The trade was a 1.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jin Zhao sold 525 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.19, for a total transaction of $31,074.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 49,980 shares in the company, valued at $2,958,316.20. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 11,205 shares of company stock valued at $600,373 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Diodes News

Here are the key news stories impacting Diodes this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New isolation product broadens power/isolation portfolio and supports industrial & automotive design‑win potential. Diodes launches API772x RobustISO isolation devices
• Positive Sentiment: Launch of a 2.5Gbps MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver targets automotive ADAS sensor links — a higher‑value, growing end market that could boost revenue mix and margins if design wins follow. Diodes launches 2.5Gbps MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver for automotive ADAS systems
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage is mixed with a consensus target (~$55.33) below recent levels — frames expectations but unlikely to trigger a major re‑rating absent new guidance. MarketBeat DIOD analyst coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent fundamentals: last quarter revenue rose ~12% YoY and matched estimates, EPS missed by $0.01; valuation is elevated (P/E ~43), so the stock is sensitive to execution and margin progress. DIOD company summary
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling on Feb 2–3: CEO Gary Yu (2,900 shares), CFO Brett Whitmire (830), SVP Emily Yang (950) and Jin Zhao (525) sold at roughly ~$60.85/$59.19 — sales are modest as a % of holdings but can be perceived as a near‑term negative signal. Insider sale filing (example) Jin Zhao sells 525 shares

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD) is a global manufacturer and supplier of high‐performance discrete, logic, analog and mixed‐signal semiconductor products. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company designs and develops a broad range of discrete components, standard logic functions, power management circuits, interface products and array products. Its portfolio includes rectifiers, MOSFETs, general‐purpose diodes, voltage regulators, comparators, buffers and other building blocks for electronic systems.

Diodes Incorporated serves a variety of end markets such as automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, industrial and lighting.