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Last Week's Notable Insider Buys: IBM, Intel, Raytheon And More
Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 1:39pm | 921Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Insiders were buying shares of a couple of semiconductor makers and an old-school tech giant last week. Some chief executives were among the insiders making trips to the buy window....
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There's Substantial Upside In Qualcomm If NXP Deal Closes By Year-End
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 8:04am | 360Analysts 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,...
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Qualcomm-NXP Deal Proving That The Internet Of Things Has Reached An Inflection Point
Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 8:34am | 379QUALCOMM, 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...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Super Chip Stocks, Time Warner And More
Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 5:31pm | 703This 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...
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Short Sellers Dump Applied Materials, NXP Semiconductors
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 3:56pm | 623Short 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...
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NXP Semiconductors Says Its BlueBox Computing Engine Will 'Advance The State Of Autonomous Vehicles'
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 8:00am | 310NXP 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...
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NXP Semiconductors Gains 2%, Co. Said To Be Exploring $2 Billion Asset Sale
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 7:50am | 145According to a report by Bloomberg, NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) may be looking for a buyer to acquire its $2 billion standards products business. NXP Semiconductors' standards products business is responsible for the mass production of chips used in phones, television sets and cars...
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Big Short Interest Swings 3 Top Semiconductor Stocks
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 5:09pm | 942Short 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...
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Short Sellers Like These Three Top Semiconductor Stocks
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 2:26pm | 960Short 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...
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Why NXP Semiconductors Could Double
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 10:39am | 311NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) is down more than 15 percent over the past three months. Stacy Rasgon, analyst with Sanford Bernstein, said that NXP Semiconductors has slipped along with general weakness in semis and macro concerns, a decline that is unwarranted. Rasgon also named...
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Skyworks, Qorvo, NXP Semiconductors Earnings Could Signal Apple Rebound
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 1:49pm | 736Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up less than 1 percent Thursday afternoon, but the stock could be headed for a greater rebound if its key suppliers report strong results. The first supplier, Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS), impressed both analysts and investors. The firm is up more...
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NXP Semiconductors Dumps RF Unit, Forestalling Regulators
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 12:05pm | 261NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) agreed to sell its radio frequency power business for $1.8 billion to China's state-owned Jianguang Asset Management Co. The deal heads off antitrust concerns regarding NXP's pending $11.8 billion acquisition of FreeScale Semiconductor Ltd. announced...
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7 Suppliers Confirmed To Be In Apple Inc.'s iPhone 6
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 11:15am | 370Some 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...
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5 Top Performing Semiconductor Stocks
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 8:27am | 837Semiconductor 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...
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Morgan Stanley Sees Apple's Mobile Payments Strategy As Big Stock Catalyst
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 12:21pm | 260Morgan 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....