Diodes, Inc (NASDAQ: DIOD) is -18.12% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.93 and a high of $86.74 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DIOD stock was last observed hovering at around $56.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.75%.
Currently trading at $57.47, the stock is 10.85% and 22.57% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.18 million and changing 1.32% at the moment leaves the stock 6.51% off its SMA200. DIOD registered -6.81% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.60%.
The stock witnessed a 23.33% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 32.15%, and is 8.78% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.54% over the week and 2.91% over the month.
Diodes, Inc (DIOD) has around 8593 employees, a market worth around $2.67B and $1.34B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 104.38 and Fwd P/E is 27.73. Profit margin for the company is 1.90%. Distance from 52-week low is 74.52% and -33.74% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.38%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -11.83% this year
The shares outstanding are 46.40M, and float is at 44.79M with Short Float at 3.77%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.35 million shares valued at $528.86 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.9374 of the DIOD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.63 million shares valued at $404.64 million to account for 12.1942 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 4.84 million shares representing 10.4871 and valued at over $348.0 million, while EARNEST PARTNERS LLC holds 5.5734 of the shares totaling 2.57 million with a market value of $184.95 million.
Diodes, Inc (DIOD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Yang Emily, the company’s SVP Worldwide Sales/Marketing. SEC filings show that Yang Emily sold 950 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 04 ’25 at a price of $56.04 per share for a total of $53238.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 65107.0 shares.
Diodes, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 04 ’25 that Yu Gary (President) sold a total of 2,900 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 04 ’25 and was made at $56.04 per share for $0.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 79697.0 shares of the DIOD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 04 ’25, Whitmire Brett R (CFO) disposed off 830 shares at an average price of $56.04 for $46513.0. The insider now directly holds 51,525 shares of Diodes, Inc (DIOD).
