Zacks Research Expects Increased Earnings for InterDigital

InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of InterDigital in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, December 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the Wireless communications provider will post earnings per share of $1.29 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.23. The consensus estimate for InterDigital’s current full-year earnings is $13.71 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for InterDigital’s FY2025 earnings at $5.25 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.58 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Roth Mkm boosted their price objective on InterDigital from $146.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. StockNews.com lowered InterDigital from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th.

InterDigital Stock Performance

Shares of InterDigital stock opened at $194.93 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $4.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.83, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. InterDigital has a twelve month low of $95.33 and a twelve month high of $203.90. The company’s fifty day moving average is $181.89 and its 200 day moving average is $149.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of IDCC. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new position in InterDigital during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. V Square Quantitative Management LLC bought a new position in shares of InterDigital during the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in InterDigital by 58.8% during the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 629 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $89,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in InterDigital by 81.3% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 667 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC increased its stake in InterDigital by 34.0% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 851 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $121,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.83% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at InterDigital

In other InterDigital news, CEO Lawrence Liren Chen sold 5,891 shares of InterDigital stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.34, for a total transaction of $1,150,747.94. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 164,543 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,141,829.62. The trade was a 3.46 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CTO Rajesh Pankaj sold 700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.78, for a total value of $99,946.00. Following the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 54,984 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,850,615.52. This represents a 1.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 12,622 shares of company stock valued at $2,390,306 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

InterDigital Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 8th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.92%. InterDigital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.23%.

About InterDigital

InterDigital, Inc operates as a global research and development company with focus primarily on wireless, visual, artificial intelligence (AI), and related technologies. The company engages in the design and development of technologies that enable connected in a range of communications and entertainment products and services, which are licensed to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications, consumer electronics, IoT devices, and cars and other motor vehicles, as well as providers of cloud-based services, such as video streaming.