7,241 Shares in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) Acquired by Virtu Financial LLC

Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 7,241 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $268,000.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 86.2% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 56,149 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,084,000 after purchasing an additional 25,991 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 33.2% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,341,290 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $49,789,000 after buying an additional 334,657 shares in the last quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP purchased a new stake in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor during the 3rd quarter worth about $702,000. Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 367.4% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 40,359 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,498,000 after acquiring an additional 31,725 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 110.1% in the 3rd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 471,535 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $17,503,000 after acquiring an additional 247,051 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.97% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alpha and Omega Semiconductor news, EVP Bing Xue sold 1,242 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.00, for a total transaction of $43,470.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 115,368 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,037,880. This represents a 1.07 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 16.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Stock Down 2.6 %

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock opened at $26.03 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $765.67 million, a P/E ratio of -32.54 and a beta of 2.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 2.72. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a fifty-two week low of $19.38 and a fifty-two week high of $53.29. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $35.62.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.18) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by ($0.26). Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative net margin of 3.46% and a negative return on equity of 0.23%. Equities research analysts expect that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on AOSL shares. StockNews.com upgraded Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Benchmark upped their target price on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Company Profile

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited designs, develops, and supplies power semiconductor products for computing, consumer electronics, communication, and industrial applications in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. It offers power discrete products, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), SRFETs, XSFET, electrostatic discharge, protected MOSFETs, high and mid-voltage MOSFETs, and insulated gate bipolar transistors for use in smart phone chargers, battery packs, notebooks, desktop and servers, data centers, base stations, graphics card, game boxes, TVs, AC adapters, power supplies, motor control, power tools, E-vehicles, white goods and industrial motor drives, UPS systems, solar inverters, and industrial welding.