Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) Cut to Hold at Zacks Research

Zacks Research lowered shares of Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $82.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Lattice Semiconductor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 15th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $80.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $85.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Lattice Semiconductor presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $102.64.

Lattice Semiconductor Trading Down 2.2%

NASDAQ LSCC opened at $108.40 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $95.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.79. Lattice Semiconductor has a 52 week low of $39.60 and a 52 week high of $111.65. The stock has a market cap of $14.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 5,422.71, a PEG ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.66.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32. Lattice Semiconductor had a net margin of 0.59% and a return on equity of 5.60%. The business had revenue of $145.79 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $143.18 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.15 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.340-0.380 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Lattice Semiconductor will post 0.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Lattice Semiconductor news, CAO Tonya Stevens sold 1,113 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.00, for a total transaction of $104,622.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 62,302 shares in the company, valued at $5,856,388. The trade was a 1.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Pravin Desale sold 2,366 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.41, for a total transaction of $218,642.06. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 80,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,469,130.66. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 45,614 shares of company stock valued at $4,346,028 over the last quarter. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Lattice Semiconductor

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,986,677 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,098,823,000 after acquiring an additional 189,147 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 177.3% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,076,616 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $445,538,000 after acquiring an additional 3,885,482 shares during the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 3.6% during the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 4,872,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $357,221,000 after acquiring an additional 169,790 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.8% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,852,380 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $237,718,000 after acquiring an additional 85,973 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 66.4% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 4,597,217 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $337,068,000 after acquiring an additional 1,834,440 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a U.S.-based semiconductor company specializing in low-power, small-footprint programmable logic devices. The company’s product portfolio centers on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and related intellectual property cores that enable customers to implement custom digital functions in applications where energy efficiency and compact size are critical. Lattice’s solutions are widely used to accelerate edge computing, support video and sensor interfaces, and provide flexible I/O connectivity across a variety of end markets.

The company offers a range of FPGA families, including the iCE40 series for ultra-low power mobile and consumer applications, the MachXO series for embedded control and security, and the ECP5 series for midrange performance in communications, industrial automation and automotive domains.