Q1 Earnings Forecast for InterDigital Issued By Roth Capital

InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of InterDigital in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. Roth Capital analyst S. Searle now expects that the Wireless communications provider will post earnings per share of $3.38 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.84. The consensus estimate for InterDigital’s current full-year earnings is $9.21 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for InterDigital’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.31 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.66 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.82 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.86 EPS.

InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The Wireless communications provider reported $3.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.53 by $0.92. The firm had revenue of $210.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $176.62 million. InterDigital had a return on equity of 51.55% and a net margin of 41.29%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.58 EPS.

InterDigital Price Performance

Shares of IDCC stock opened at $202.15 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $5.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.44. InterDigital has a fifty-two week low of $100.27 and a fifty-two week high of $231.97. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $205.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $192.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a current ratio of 1.70.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Boston Partners raised its stake in InterDigital by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,619,545 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $311,654,000 after buying an additional 83,794 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in InterDigital by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 612,851 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $118,722,000 after buying an additional 21,319 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of InterDigital by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 594,745 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $115,240,000 after purchasing an additional 1,991 shares during the last quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. raised its stake in shares of InterDigital by 13.9% in the first quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 410,442 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $84,859,000 after purchasing an additional 50,204 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Congress Asset Management Co. raised its stake in shares of InterDigital by 5.0% in the first quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 339,101 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $70,109,000 after purchasing an additional 16,040 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.83% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at InterDigital

In related news, insider Eeva K. Hakoranta sold 350 shares of InterDigital stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.51, for a total transaction of $75,078.50. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 30,537 shares in the company, valued at $6,550,491.87. The trade was a 1.13 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Richard Brezski sold 9,602 shares of InterDigital stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.21, for a total value of $2,066,446.42. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 102,555 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,070,861.55. The trade was a 8.56 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 13,833 shares of company stock worth $2,938,660 over the last ninety days. 2.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

InterDigital Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 9th. This is a positive change from InterDigital’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.19%. InterDigital’s payout ratio is currently 19.93%.

About InterDigital

InterDigital, Inc operates as a global research and development company with focus primarily on wireless, visual, artificial intelligence (AI), and related technologies. The company engages in the design and development of technologies that enable connected in a range of communications and entertainment products and services, which are licensed to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications, consumer electronics, IoT devices, and cars and other motor vehicles, as well as providers of cloud-based services, such as video streaming.