Empowered Funds LLC Makes New $344,000 Investment in Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 5,046 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $344,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Diodes by 77.4% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 470 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in Diodes by 51.4% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Diodes during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Diodes in the 3rd quarter worth $39,000. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its holdings in Diodes by 563.1% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 809 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 687 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Diodes

In other Diodes news, SVP Emily Yang sold 3,000 shares of Diodes stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.08, for a total transaction of $330,240.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 61,878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,811,530.24. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CTO Francis Tang sold 15,330 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.04, for a total value of $1,717,573.20. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 71,438 shares in the company, valued at $8,003,913.52. This trade represents a 17.67% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 45,370 shares of company stock worth $4,938,331. Insiders own 1.70% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on DIOD shares. Robert W. Baird set a $192.00 price objective on shares of Diodes in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Diodes in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. Zacks Research upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price target on Diodes from $139.00 to $133.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Diodes currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $135.00.

Diodes Stock Up 3.8%

Shares of NASDAQ DIOD opened at $107.04 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 3.17, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Diodes Incorporated has a 12 month low of $42.28 and a 12 month high of $125.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a PE ratio of 57.86 and a beta of 1.91. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $99.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.13.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.07. Diodes had a net margin of 5.27% and a return on equity of 4.33%. The firm had revenue of $445.53 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Diodes has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.950-1.150 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Diodes Incorporated will post 3.15 earnings per share for the current year.

Diodes Profile

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.