Gary Yu Sells 2,900 Shares of Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) Stock

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) CEO Gary Yu sold 2,900 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.85, for a total value of $176,465.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 111,671 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,795,180.35. This represents a 2.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Diodes Price Performance

Diodes stock opened at $59.71 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $53.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $52.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 2.09 and a current ratio of 3.32. The firm has a market cap of $2.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.27 and a beta of 1.66. Diodes Incorporated has a 52 week low of $32.93 and a 52 week high of $61.50.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $392.17 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.17 million. Diodes had a net margin of 4.49% and a return on equity of 2.81%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.43 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on DIOD. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Diodes from $51.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 19th. Weiss Ratings raised Diodes from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Diodes from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Diodes from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $55.33.

Diodes News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Diodes this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New isolation product broadens power/isolation portfolio and supports industrial & automotive design‑win potential. Diodes launches API772x RobustISO isolation devices
• Positive Sentiment: Launch of a 2.5Gbps MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver targets automotive ADAS sensor links — a higher‑value, growing end market that could boost revenue mix and margins if design wins follow. Diodes launches 2.5Gbps MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver for automotive ADAS systems
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage is mixed with a consensus target (~$55.33) below recent levels — frames expectations but unlikely to trigger a major re‑rating absent new guidance. MarketBeat DIOD analyst coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent fundamentals: last quarter revenue rose ~12% YoY and matched estimates, EPS missed by $0.01; valuation is elevated (P/E ~43), so the stock is sensitive to execution and margin progress. DIOD company summary
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling on Feb 2–3: CEO Gary Yu (2,900 shares), CFO Brett Whitmire (830), SVP Emily Yang (950) and Jin Zhao (525) sold at roughly ~$60.85/$59.19 — sales are modest as a % of holdings but can be perceived as a near‑term negative signal. Insider sale filing (example) Jin Zhao sells 525 shares

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in DIOD. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Diodes by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,430 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $416,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its holdings in Diodes by 1.4% during the third quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 13,720 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $730,000 after buying an additional 189 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Diodes by 51.4% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Strs Ohio grew its position in shares of Diodes by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 9,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $449,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Forum Financial Management LP increased its stake in shares of Diodes by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 11,880 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $632,000 after acquiring an additional 204 shares during the last quarter. 99.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD) is a global manufacturer and supplier of high‐performance discrete, logic, analog and mixed‐signal semiconductor products. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company designs and develops a broad range of discrete components, standard logic functions, power management circuits, interface products and array products. Its portfolio includes rectifiers, MOSFETs, general‐purpose diodes, voltage regulators, comparators, buffers and other building blocks for electronic systems.

Diodes Incorporated serves a variety of end markets such as automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, industrial and lighting.