NXP Semiconductors

Analysts at JPMorgan upgraded shares of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) from Neutral to Overweight with a price target boosted from $50 to $68 as the company's proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) will generate "material fundamental upside." According to JPMorgan's Rod Hall,...

QUALCOMM, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: QCOM) proposed $110 per share offer to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) serves as a sign that the Internet of Things has reached an inflection point, at least according to Craig Hettenbach of Morgan Stanley. In a report on Friday, Hettenbach...

This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look at the likely winners arising from a new breed of super semiconductors. The prospects for a media giant, a do-it-yourself moving company and a German chemicals maker are also examined. This issue also includes a special report on Barron's 12th...

Short interest moves in the leading semiconductor stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Two stocks in particular stood out among those that saw shrinking short interest. Shares of one of them pulled back at more than 10 percent during the two-week period. Short interest moves in...

NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI), a provider of semiconductor products, announced on Monday it has achieved a "significant milestone" within the self-driving vehicle space. NXP Semiconductors touted its "comprehensive and highly manufacturable autonomous vehicles platform," which leverages its...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in late November. Short sellers piled on Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Yet, the number of Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) shares short dropped sharply by month's...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...

Some of the iPhone 6 suppliers were finally revealed after IHS published the results of its teardown. There were some surprises (Sony didn't make the list) and at least one question mark (IHS assumes but could not confirm that the iPhone 6 uses Corning's Gorilla Glass 3). Read on to...

Semiconductor stocks have been one of the top performing sectors in the market in 2014. Year-to-date, the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSE: XSD) has climbed almost 15 percent compared to a gain of just four percent for the S&P 500. Not only have semiconductor stocks vastly outperformed...

Morgan Stanley commented on the implications of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) mobile payments strategy as an important stock catalyst for Apple and NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI), with Visa (NYSE: V), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), and American Express (NYSE: AXP) being beneficiaries of this plan....

Despite the uncertainty about the end of the Fed's quantitative easing, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and the ongoing economic difficulties in Europe, analysts are still optimistic about certain stocks. Here is a quick look some dividend payers in the technology sector that have a consensus...