Why You Need NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) On Your Watchlist

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) saw a downside of -0.41% to $216.00 after subtracting -$0.89 on Wednesday. The 5-day average trading volume is 1,906,259 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $218.92 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 2,584,410 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 2,426,012.

NXPI’s 1-month performance is 2.39% or $12.04 on its low of $205.86 reached on 07/10/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $132.08 and high of $225.57, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/27/23. YTD, NXPI has achieved 36.68% or $58.07 and has reached a new high 25 times. However, the current price is down -4.24% from the 52-week high price.

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Insider Transactions

NXPI stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 02.Sievers Kurt (CEO & President) most recently sold 20,890 shares at $223.40 per share on Aug 01. This transaction cost the insider $4,666,826. EVP & CFO, Betz William, sold 3,514 shares at a price of $224.38 on Jul 27. Then, on May 30, EVP Human Resources Jensen Christopher L sold 9,696 shares at a price of $185.00 per share. This transaction amounted to $1,793,760.

Valuation Metrics

NXPI stock has a beta of 1.57. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 4.27 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 6.85, with the price to cash flow ratio at 36.68.

NXP Semiconductors N.V.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.30, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.80. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 1.24, while the total debt to equity was 1.37. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 57.00%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 38.14% while for the period ending June 29, NXP Semiconductors N.V.’s operating margin was 28.40%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $7.52 billion against revenue of $13.21 billion.

Earnings Surprise

For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 4.01% to $698.0 million, while revenue of $615.0 million was 11.89% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected NXPI to announce $3.29 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $3.43, representing a 4.30% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $1.22 billion. NXPI stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 15.62 billion, with total debt at $11.17 billion.

Let’s look briefly at NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 08 August was 49.66% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 22.04%.

The stock’s 5-day moving average is $216.27, reflecting a -0.14% or -$0.30 change from its current price. NXPI is currently trading +2.00% above its 20-day SMA, +20.40% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +19.27% and SMA200 by+55.42%.

Stochastic %K and %D was 48.44% and 44.19% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 5.43. The RSI (14) points at 53.88%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 41.38% with the period’s ATR at 5.53. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -1.38 and -0.75 on the 14-day charts.