A new trading day began on Friday, with Semtech Corp (NASDAQ: SMTC) stock price down -8.62% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $79.77. SMTC’s price has ranged from $24.05 to $81.32 over the past 52 weeks.
Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 92.64%. With a float of $91.96 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $92.30 million.
Semtech Corp (SMTC) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Semiconductors Industry. The insider ownership of Semtech Corp is 0.65%, while institutional ownership is 113.72%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 05 ’25, was worth 836,246. In this transaction EVP and COO of this company sold 10,500 shares at a rate of $79.64, taking the stock ownership to the 93,496 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 05 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,500 for $78.92, making the entire transaction worth $828,660.
Semtech Corp (SMTC) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 1/31/2025, the company reported earnings of 0.4 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.43 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 92.64% per share during the next fiscal year.
Semtech Corp (NASDAQ: SMTC) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Semtech Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.71. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.57. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 47.11.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.30, a number that is poised to hit 0.43 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.17 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Semtech Corp (SMTC)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.22 million, its volume of 1.58 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.22%.
During the past 100 days, Semtech Corp’s (SMTC) raw stochastic average was set at 76.12%, which indicates a significant increase from 56.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 4.50 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 3.13 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $70.28, while its 200-day Moving Average is $50.73. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $76.98 in the near term. At $81.07, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $83.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $70.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $68.57. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $64.48.
Semtech Corp (NASDAQ: SMTC) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 6.75 billion, the company has a total of 92,540K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 909,290 K while annual income is -161,900 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 266,970 K while its latest quarter income was -2,860 K.
