Insider Selling: Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) SVP Sells $2,121,549.34 in Stock

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) SVP Esam Elashmawi sold 15,742 shares of Lattice Semiconductor stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.77, for a total transaction of $2,121,549.34. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 155,420 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,945,953.40. The trade was a 9.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Lattice Semiconductor Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LSCC opened at $117.56 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $134.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $118.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.02 and a quick ratio of 2.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 452.15, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.81. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has a one year low of $59.76 and a one year high of $157.01.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.09. Lattice Semiconductor had a net margin of 5.58% and a return on equity of 10.92%. The company had revenue of $201.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $185.50 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.24 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 62.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Lattice Semiconductor has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.580 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Lattice Semiconductor Corporation will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on Lattice Semiconductor from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $145.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $144.38.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Lattice Semiconductor

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor in the second quarter valued at about $2,637,161,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 177.3% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,076,616 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $445,538,000 after purchasing an additional 3,885,482 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.8% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,852,380 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $237,718,000 after purchasing an additional 85,973 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,457,389 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $254,433,000 after purchasing an additional 84,812 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in Lattice Semiconductor by 77.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,186,024 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $156,083,000 after purchasing an additional 1,390,109 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a U.S.-based semiconductor company specializing in low-power, small-footprint programmable logic devices. The company’s product portfolio centers on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and related intellectual property cores that enable customers to implement custom digital functions in applications where energy efficiency and compact size are critical. Lattice’s solutions are widely used to accelerate edge computing, support video and sensor interfaces, and provide flexible I/O connectivity across a variety of end markets.

The company offers a range of FPGA families, including the iCE40 series for ultra-low power mobile and consumer applications, the MachXO series for embedded control and security, and the ECP5 series for midrange performance in communications, industrial automation and automotive domains.