Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) CEO Sells $176,465.00 in Stock

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD) CEO Gary Yu sold 2,900 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.85, for a total value of $176,465.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 111,671 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,795,180.35. This trade represents a 2.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Diodes Price Performance

DIOD stock traded up $0.90 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $59.28. The company had a trading volume of 269,534 shares, compared to its average volume of 309,149. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.32 and a quick ratio of 2.09. Diodes Incorporated has a 1-year low of $32.93 and a 1-year high of $61.50. The company has a market capitalization of $2.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.96 and a beta of 1.66. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $53.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $52.40.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIOD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.01). Diodes had a return on equity of 2.81% and a net margin of 4.49%.The firm had revenue of $392.17 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $392.17 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.43 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that Diodes Incorporated will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DIOD has been the subject of several recent research reports. Zacks Research raised Diodes from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings raised Diodes from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Diodes from $51.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 19th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Diodes from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Diodes currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $55.33.

Diodes News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Diodes this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Diodes launched the API772x RobustISO isolation devices, expanding its isolation product portfolio for industrial and medical markets — a product cadence that can support near‑term revenue growth and design wins. API772x launch
• Positive Sentiment: Diodes introduced a 2.5Gbps MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver aimed at automotive ADAS applications — a market with strong content growth potential that could help ASPs and design‑win momentum in auto electronics. MIPI D‑PHY ReDriver
• Positive Sentiment: Broader media coverage explaining the importance of diodes and power components may boost investor and buyer awareness of the sector, supporting demand narratives for DIOD’s product lines. Industry explainer
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest data published for early February shows 0 reported shorted shares and NaN changes — this appears to be a data anomaly, so it provides no clear signal on bearish positioning. (Reported average volume used was ~295k shares.)
• Neutral Sentiment: RIR Power Electronics announced advanced SiC Merged‑PiN Schottky diodes for high‑efficiency power systems — an indication of competitive activity and technology progress across the power‑diode market, but not a direct Diodes product announcement. RIR SiC MPS diodes
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple insiders sold shares in early February, which can pressure sentiment despite routine reasons for selling. CEO Gary Yu sold 2,900 shares (~$176.5k at ~$60.85), CFO Brett Whitmire sold 830 shares (~$50.5k), SVP Emily Yang sold 950 shares (~$57.8k), and insider Jin Zhao sold 525 shares (~$31.1k). Combined, these filings show several executive‑level reductions in holdings and are disclosed in SEC filings. CEO sale CFO sale SVP sale Insider sale

Institutional Trading of Diodes

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Diodes by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,430 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $416,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System grew its position in Diodes by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 13,720 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $730,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in Diodes by 51.4% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Strs Ohio lifted its position in shares of Diodes by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 9,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $449,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Forum Financial Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Diodes by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 11,880 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $632,000 after buying an additional 204 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

About Diodes

Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD) is a global manufacturer and supplier of high‐performance discrete, logic, analog and mixed‐signal semiconductor products. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company designs and develops a broad range of discrete components, standard logic functions, power management circuits, interface products and array products. Its portfolio includes rectifiers, MOSFETs, general‐purpose diodes, voltage regulators, comparators, buffers and other building blocks for electronic systems.

Diodes Incorporated serves a variety of end markets such as automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, industrial and lighting.