Empowered Funds LLC Has $1.57 Million Stock Holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL)

Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) by 5.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 42,303 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC owned 0.15% of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor worth $1,566,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its stake 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 buying an additional 25,991 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 33.2% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,341,290 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $49,789,000 after purchasing an additional 334,657 shares during the last quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the 3rd quarter worth about $702,000. Algert Global LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 172.8% in the 3rd quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 89,920 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,338,000 after purchasing an additional 56,962 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 367.4% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 40,359 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,498,000 after purchasing an additional 31,725 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.97% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

In other news, EVP Bing Xue sold 875 shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.00, for a total value of $35,875.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 128,986 shares in the company, valued at $5,288,426. This trade represents a 0.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Yifan Liang sold 31,004 shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the chief financial officer now owns 265,175 shares in the company, valued at $13,049,261.75. This trade represents a 10.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 53,124 shares of company stock worth $2,500,685 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 16.90% of the company’s stock.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ AOSL opened at $34.74 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion, a PE ratio of -43.43 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a 1 year low of $19.38 and a 1 year high of $53.29. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $39.53 and its 200-day moving average is $37.23.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 analysts expect that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.67 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on AOSL shares. Benchmark upped their target price on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. StockNews.com raised shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. B. Riley decreased their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $34.00 to $27.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor 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.