Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) is expected to issue its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Wednesday, February 5th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.08 per share and revenue of $170.07 million for the quarter. Persons that are interested in participating in the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by ($0.01). Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a positive return on equity of 0.19% and a negative net margin of 2.94%. The business had revenue of $181.89 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $180.07 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Alpha and Omega Semiconductor to post $-1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $0 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Price Performance

NASDAQ:AOSL opened at $38.42 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -57.34 and a beta of 2.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 2.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has a 52 week low of $19.38 and a 52 week high of $53.29. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $40.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $37.59.

Insider Transactions at Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

In other Alpha and Omega Semiconductor news, Director Lucas S. Chang sold 12,497 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.46, for a total transaction of $518,125.62. Following the sale, the director now owns 25,204 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,044,957.84. This trade represents a 33.15 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Yifan Liang sold 31,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.21, for a total transaction of $1,525,706.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 265,175 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,049,261.75. The trade was a 10.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 53,124 shares of company stock valued at $2,500,685. 16.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on AOSL. B. Riley lowered their target price on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. StockNews.com raised shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 24th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $34.00 to $27.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th.

About Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

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.