Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by ($0.12), Zacks reports. Power Integrations had a net margin of 7.69% and a return on equity of 4.49%. Power Integrations updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Power Integrations Stock Down 1.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ POWI opened at $59.68 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.39 billion, a PE ratio of 104.70, a PEG ratio of 3.96 and a beta of 1.11. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $62.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $63.40. Power Integrations has a twelve month low of $56.63 and a twelve month high of $85.00.

Power Integrations Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.41%. Power Integrations’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 147.37%.

Insider Activity at Power Integrations

In related news, CEO Balu Balakrishnan sold 12,507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.64, for a total transaction of $758,424.48. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 600,002 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,384,121.28. This trade represents a 2.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Sandeep Nayyar sold 5,152 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.75, for a total transaction of $312,984.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 110,394 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,706,435.50. The trade was a 4.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 38,680 shares of company stock valued at $2,420,526. 1.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have weighed in on POWI shares. Susquehanna lowered their price objective on shares of Power Integrations from $80.00 to $77.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com raised shares of Power Integrations from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $78.00 price objective on shares of Power Integrations in a report on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $78.00.

Power Integrations Company Profile

Power Integrations, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), and other electronic components and circuitry used in high-voltage power conversion worldwide. The company provides a range of alternating current to direct current power conversion products that address power supply ranging from less than one watt of output to approximately 500 watts of output for mobile-device chargers, consumer appliances, utility meters, LCD monitors, main and standby power supplies for desktop computers and TVs, LED lighting, and various other consumer and industrial applications, as well as power conversion in high-power applications comprising industrial motors, solar and wind-power systems, electric vehicles, and high-voltage DC transmission systems.