Here Are Some Essential Facts About NXP Semiconductors

By Chris Stiles • Monday, October 30 13:22 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was NXP Semiconductors. Shares of the Semiconductors company plunged -5.8%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $168.76 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

NXP Semiconductors has moved 17.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 8.0%
NXPI has an average analyst rating of buy and is -26.24% away from its mean target price of $228.8 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.57
NXP Semiconductors has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.82 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.4
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.33 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
NXP Semiconductors is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
NXPI has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 5.5% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.84 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
NXP Semiconductors N.V. offers various semiconductor products. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors, including i.MX application processors, and i.MX 8 and 9 family of applications processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface devices; radio frequency power amplifiers; and security controllers, as well as semiconductor-based environmental and inertial sensors, including pressure, inertial, magnetic, and gyroscopic sensors. The company's products are used in various applications, including automotive, industrial and Internet of Things, mobile, and communication infrastructure. The company markets its products to various original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and distributors. It operates in China, the Netherlands, the United States, Singapore, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was formerly known as KASLION Acquisition B.V and changed its name to NXP Semiconductors N.V. in May 2010. NXP Semiconductors N.V. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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