Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the five brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $55.3333.

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Diodes from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Truist Financial raised their target price on Diodes from $51.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Diodes from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Diodes from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th.

Diodes Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of Diodes stock opened at $59.71 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $52.50. Diodes has a fifty-two week low of $32.93 and a fifty-two week high of $61.50. The firm has a market cap of $2.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.27 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a quick ratio of 2.09, a current ratio of 3.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last issued its quarterly 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $392.17 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.43 earnings per share. Diodes’s revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that Diodes will post 1.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

Insider Activity at Diodes

In related news, SVP Emily Yang sold 950 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.85, for a total transaction of $57,807.50. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 74,032 shares in the company, valued at $4,504,847.20. This represents a 1.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Keh Shew Lu sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.42, for a total transaction of $284,520.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 244,397 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,589,305.74. This trade represents a 2.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 11,205 shares of company stock valued at $600,373. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Diodes by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,154,859 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $303,681,000 after purchasing an additional 166,603 shares during the period. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. raised its holdings in Diodes by 56.9% in the second quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 846,070 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $44,749,000 after purchasing an additional 306,900 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership bought a new position in Diodes during the third quarter worth about $37,519,000. Tributary Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Diodes by 92.5% during the 3rd quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 646,240 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $34,386,000 after purchasing an additional 310,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Diodes by 183.0% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 519,013 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,617,000 after buying an additional 335,644 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

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.