Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC Purchases 530 Shares of Lattice Semiconductor Co. (NASDAQ:LSCC)

Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor Co. (NASDAQ:LSCC) by 2.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 25,917 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 530 shares during the period. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in Lattice Semiconductor were worth $1,468,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,944,397 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $846,600,000 after purchasing an additional 229,820 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor by 9.9% during the fourth quarter. TD Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,810,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $102,584,000 after buying an additional 162,546 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at $88,674,000. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 2,923.4% during the fourth quarter. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC now owns 1,523,545 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $86,309,000 after buying an additional 1,473,154 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its position in shares of Lattice Semiconductor by 57.5% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,019,896 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $54,124,000 after acquiring an additional 372,301 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on LSCC shares. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. StockNews.com cut Lattice Semiconductor from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Lattice Semiconductor from $44.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Lattice Semiconductor from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Lattice Semiconductor currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $66.25.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Lattice Semiconductor news, SVP Mark Jon Nelson sold 1,850 shares of Lattice Semiconductor stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.28, for a total transaction of $105,968.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 83,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,770,793.92. The trade was a 2.17 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robin Ann Abrams sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.97, for a total transaction of $639,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 122,538 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,838,755.86. This represents a 7.55 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 14,740 shares of company stock worth $943,026. Corporate insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Lattice Semiconductor Price Performance

Shares of LSCC opened at $43.06 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 97.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.43. Lattice Semiconductor Co. has a 1 year low of $40.65 and a 1 year high of $78.85. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $59.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.67.

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.19 by ($0.14). Lattice Semiconductor had a net margin of 12.00% and a return on equity of 11.22%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Lattice Semiconductor Co. will post 0.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Lattice Semiconductor Company Profile

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Lattice Certus and ECP, Mach, iCE, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products.