NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

NVE Corporation (NASDAQ:NVEC)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $66.11 and traded as high as $67.97. NVE shares last traded at $66.08, with a volume of 25,757 shares changing hands.

Trending Headlines about NVE

Here are the key news stories impacting NVE this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Recent profitability: NVE reported $0.70 EPS and $6.22M revenue in its most recent quarter, with a very high net margin (~54.6%) and ROE (~23.5%), which supports the company’s earnings quality and valuation relative to peers.
• Neutral Sentiment: No direct news in the provided feed: the Quiver/13F items you supplied show institutional moves across many large names but do not identify notable new positions or heavy selling in NVEC — so today’s decline appears not driven by fresh company-specific filings or the items in those articles.
• Neutral Sentiment: Technicals and liquidity: NVEC is trading around its 50-day (~$66.86) and 200-day (~$66.09) moving averages, a zone where short-term volatility and churning are common. Today’s volume is below the stock’s average, suggesting lower conviction behind the move.
• Negative Sentiment: Small revenue base and cyclicality risk: with modest quarterly revenue, NVE’s results and outlook can be more volatile and sensitive to semiconductor demand cycles and single-customer / product shifts — a common reason small-cap semiconductors can pull back on limited news.
• Negative Sentiment: Market/sector pressure and profit-taking: absent fresh positive company news, moves in the broader semiconductor sector or rotation out of small caps can drive declines. NVEC’s beta (~1.28) makes it somewhat more sensitive to sector swings and market risk-off behavior.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of NVE in a research note on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

NVE Trading Down 0.8%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $66.82 and a two-hundred day moving average of $66.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $319.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.63 and a beta of 1.28.

NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 21st. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $6.22 million during the quarter. NVE had a return on equity of 23.47% and a net margin of 54.59%.

NVE Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd will be given a $1.00 dividend. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd. NVE’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 136.99%.

Insider Activity at NVE

In other news, CEO Daniel A. Baker sold 1,155 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.04, for a total transaction of $85,516.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 60,031 shares in the company, valued at $4,444,695.24. The trade was a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NVEC. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its stake in shares of NVE by 62.8% in the 4th quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 102,592 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,087,000 after purchasing an additional 39,565 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers increased its holdings in NVE by 3.7% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 81,310 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,985,000 after purchasing an additional 2,891 shares during the last quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC increased its holdings in NVE by 16.4% in the third quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC now owns 50,998 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,329,000 after purchasing an additional 7,186 shares during the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury lifted its stake in NVE by 137.4% in the second quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 6,596 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $486,000 after buying an additional 3,818 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in NVE during the first quarter worth about $351,000. Institutional investors own 65.95% of the company’s stock.

NVE Company Profile

NVE Corporation (NASDAQ:NVEC) is a technology company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of spintronic products. The company’s core expertise lies in magnetoresistive sensing and magnetic-field-based digital isolation, leveraging patented spin-valve and tunneling magnetoresistance technologies to deliver high-performance, low-power solutions.

NVE’s product portfolio includes magnetic sensors for current, position, and angle sensing applications, as well as micro-isolators and digital isolators that provide galvanic isolation in industrial, automotive, medical, instrumentation, and consumer electronics systems.