Wayne C. Cantwell Sells 15,000 Shares of Arteris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIP) Stock

Arteris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIP) Director Wayne C. Cantwell sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.95, for a total value of $104,250.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 243,198 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,690,226.10. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Arteris Trading Up 1.5 %

AIP stock traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $6.95. 149,970 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 181,523. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $7.85 and its 200-day moving average is $7.58. The company has a market cap of $272.86 million, a P/E ratio of -6.62 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Arteris, Inc. has a 52-week low of $4.20 and a 52-week high of $9.54.

Arteris (NASDAQ:AIP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported ($0.21) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.14) by ($0.07). Arteris had a negative net margin of 68.37% and a negative return on equity of 274.66%. The firm had revenue of $14.58 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.68 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.25) EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Arteris, Inc. will post -0.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Victory Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Arteris during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $60,000. Worth Venture Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Arteris by 114.3% during the 4th quarter. Worth Venture Partners LLC now owns 109,921 shares of the company’s stock valued at $647,000 after acquiring an additional 58,620 shares in the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP increased its stake in shares of Arteris by 26.9% in the first quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 132,952 shares of the company’s stock worth $973,000 after acquiring an additional 28,165 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Arteris by 0.3% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,146,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,390,000 after acquiring an additional 3,242 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Arteris by 28.1% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 534,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,911,000 after purchasing an additional 117,312 shares during the last quarter. 64.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $9.00 price target (down from $11.00) on shares of Arteris in a report on Monday, May 13th. Westpark Capital restated a “buy” rating and set a $11.00 target price on shares of Arteris in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $15.00 price target on shares of Arteris in a research report on Monday, August 5th.

Arteris Company Profile

Arteris, Inc provides semiconductor interconnect intellectual property (IP) and System-on-Chip (Soc) Integration Automation software solutions (SIA) in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The company develops, licenses, and supports the on-chip interconnect fabric technology used in Soc designs and Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect IP.