Next Century Growth Investors LLC Has $22.88 Million Stock Holdings in Lattice Semiconductor Corporation $LSCC

Next Century Growth Investors LLC grew its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) by 19.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 310,945 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 50,889 shares during the period. Lattice Semiconductor makes up 1.6% of Next Century Growth Investors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Next Century Growth Investors LLC’s holdings in Lattice Semiconductor were worth $22,879,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 23,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,692,000 after buying an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 12,466 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $917,000 after buying an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 46.5% in the 3rd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 476 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 45.2% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 501 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 156 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 52.2% in the 4th quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 202 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director James P. Lederer sold 6,101 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $153.94, for a total value of $939,187.94. Following the sale, the director owned 41,201 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,342,481.94. This represents a 12.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Tracy Ann Feanny sold 2,740 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.84, for a total transaction of $416,041.60. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 63,084 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,578,674.56. This represents a 4.16% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 14,080 shares of company stock worth $2,045,078 in the last quarter. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Lattice Semiconductor Stock Performance

LSCC opened at $144.53 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $99.18. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a twelve month low of $46.43 and a twelve month high of $155.82. The firm has a market cap of $19.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,032.43, a PEG ratio of 3.59 and a beta of 1.79.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.05. Lattice Semiconductor had a net margin of 3.46% and a return on equity of 8.48%. The business had revenue of $170.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $164.93 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.22 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 42.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.420-0.460 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Lattice Semiconductor Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on LSCC. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $105.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $118.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Lattice Semiconductor from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Zacks Research raised shares of Lattice Semiconductor from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Lattice Semiconductor presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $130.86.

Lattice Semiconductor Company Profile

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a U.S.-based semiconductor company specializing in low-power, small-footprint programmable logic devices. The company’s product portfolio centers on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and related intellectual property cores that enable customers to implement custom digital functions in applications where energy efficiency and compact size are critical. Lattice’s solutions are widely used to accelerate edge computing, support video and sensor interfaces, and provide flexible I/O connectivity across a variety of end markets.

The company offers a range of FPGA families, including the iCE40 series for ultra-low power mobile and consumer applications, the MachXO series for embedded control and security, and the ECP5 series for midrange performance in communications, industrial automation and automotive domains.